World Overview of Conservation Approaches and Techniques (WOCAT) by FAO: https://www.wocat.net/en/knowledge-base.html
Indicator Definition: Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an approach that helps to guide actions needed to transform and reorient agricultural systems to effectively support development and ensure food security in a changing climate. CSA is not a set of practices that can be universally applied, but rather an approach that involves different elements embedded in local contexts. CSA relates to actions both on-farm and beyond the farm, and incorporates technologies, policies, institutions and investment. Different elements of climate-smart agricultural systems include: Management of farms, crops, livestock, aquaculture and capture fisheries to balance near-term food security and livelihoods needs with priorities for adaptation and mitigation. Ecosystem and landscape management to conserve ecosystem services that are important for food security, agricultural development, adaptation and mitigation. Services for farmers and land managers to enable better management of climate risks/impacts and mitigation actions. Changes in the wider food system including demand-side measures and value chain interventions that enhance the benefits of CSA. (Source : FAO). According to FAO, Conservation Agriculture (CA) is an approach to managing agro-ecosystems for improved and sustained productivity, increased profits and food security while preserving and enhancing the resource base and the environment. CA is characterized by three linked principles, namely:
1) Continuous minimum mechanical soil disturbance
2) Permanent organic soil cover
3) Diversification of crop species grown in sequences and/or associations.
This indicator measures the number and proportion of small scale farmers practicing different forms of sustainable agriculture.
Method of Computation: {Number of small scale farmers adopting CSA / Total number of small scale farmers} x 100.
Possible match with EU RF 2.3. See also the Guidance on Results and Indicators for the "Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture" sector (https://europa.eu/capacity4dev/results-and-indicators).