Climate-Smart Agriculture and Smallholder Farmers : The critical role of Technology Justice in effective adaptation

Agricultural adaptation to climate change is critical for food security and economic development; if it is to be truly 'climate-smart' for smallholder farmers, it must be inclusive and protect the natural resource base upon which agricultural livelihoods depend.

This paper uses Technology Justice as a lens to discuss the climate resilience of smallholder agriculture systems.

It argues for user-centred technological innovation and supports agroecological approaches as a powerful way to promote the inclusion of marginalized farmer groups, increase adaptive capacity, and realize food security and economic development in the context of climate change.