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Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) has strong potential to contribute to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

A critical precondition for realizing this scope is to identify potential synergies and trade-o�s between the 3 pillars

and 5 implementation steps of CSA and the SDGs. These provide entry points for targeted CSA

planning, so as to enhance synergies and reduce trade-o�s.

The 3 pillars of CSA

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Reduce and/or remove greenhouse gas emissions,

where possible

Adapt and build resilience of people and food

systems to climate change

Sustainably increase agricultural productivity

and incomes

Strengtheningnational and local

institutions

Enhancing�nancingoptions

Supportingenabling policy

frameworks

Inform / ExpandMonitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

Inform / Expand Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E)

Support / Inform

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Expanding the evidence base

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The 5 implementation steps ofClimate-Smart Agriculture

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