The Adoption and Scaling of Climate-Smart Agriculture Innovation by Smallholder Farmers in South Africa: A Review of Institutional Mechanisms, Policy Frameworks and Market Dynamics

Mary Funke Olabanji, Munyaradzi Chitakira · 2025 · World

Summary. Climate-smart agriculture innovations like conservation agriculture and drought-tolerant crops improve productivity and resilience among South African smallholder farmers, but adoption remains limited. Barriers include insecure land tenure, weak extension services, limited credit access, and fragmented institutional support. Scaling requires secure land rights, functional cooperatives, effective NGO partnerships, policy coherence, improved market access, financial incentives, and capacity-building programs.

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  title   = {The Adoption and Scaling of Climate-Smart Agriculture Innovation by Smallholder Farmers in South Africa: A Review of Institutional Mechanisms, Policy Frameworks and Market Dynamics},
  author  = {Mary Funke Olabanji and Munyaradzi Chitakira},
  journal = {World},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.3390/world6020051},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.3390/world6020051}
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DOI

10.3390/world6020051

Countries

South Africa

Regions

Africa

Categories

climate-and-environment, food-systems, policy, general-innovation

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2026-08-01