Impacts of climate smart agriculture on livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeDiversification in East and Southern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierEsau Simutowe: 0009-0002-6464-8490en
cg.creator.identifierHambulo Ngoma: 0000-0002-7050-9625en
cg.creator.identifierChristian Thierfelder: 0000-0002-6306-7670en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1177/00307270251322797en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0030-7270||2043-6866en
cg.journalOutlook on Agricultureen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systems
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.impactAreaPoverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
dc.contributor.authorSimutowe, Esauen
dc.contributor.authorNgoma, Hambuloen
dc.contributor.authorThierfelder, Christianen
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-10T21:07:19Zen
dc.date.available2025-03-10T21:07:19Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173552
dc.titleImpacts of climate smart agriculture on livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysisen
dcterms.abstractSub-Saharan Africa is grappling with increasing food demand amid a growing population amidst a surging climate crisis. Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) emerges as one option to address these challenges and enhance livelihoods. However, evidence of the impacts of CSA on livelihoods remains thin and mixed. We used a meta-analysis with 19 studies to assess the impacts of CSA practices on crop and household income, poverty, and food security in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on the literature, adoption of CSA is positively correlated with crop and household income, and food security. We do not find statistically significant effects on poverty and food security results. These results signify the need to integrate CSA with other complementary measures such as access to extension services, markets, climate-related risk insurance, and finance to improve food security and reduce poverty. We can conjecture that the positive effects on incomes are not sufficient to significantly drive up food security and poverty alleviation.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2025-02-26en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSimutowe, E., Ngoma, H., & Thierfelder, C. (2025). Impacts of climate smart agriculture on livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis. Outlook on Agriculture. https://doi.org/10.1177/00307270251322797en
dcterms.issued2025en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSAGE Publicationsen
dcterms.subjectconservation agricultureen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectimpact assessmenten
dcterms.subjectincomeen
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.subjectclimate-smart agricultureen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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