Sir Gordon's comments cited in 'New Agriculturalist'

Gordon's views on climate smart agriculture were cited in a New Agriculturalist article.

In favour of farmers?

Climate Smart Agriculture will only be attractive to farmers if its adoption is incentivised either in terms of high-level financial incentives or in terms of significant gains in productivity. CSA practices will not be adopted without these gains or incentives being spread throughout the community of smallholder farmers and for that there is a need for an enabling environment, encompassing everything from strong governance, better infrastructure and access to markets and better access to inputs including finance, seeds and systems of extension.

Gordon Conway, Ag4Impact

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