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Synergistic Pathways to Resilience: Integrating Climate-Smart and Regenerative Agriculture

Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) and Regenerative Agriculture (RA) represent two pivotal, complementary frameworks essential for achieving global food security and environmental resilience in the face of climate change. CSA is an overarching strategy that focuses on increasing productivity sustainably, enhancing resilience to climate shocks, and reducing/removing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (the triple-win approach). RA, meanwhile, is a holistic land management practice specifically aimed at reversing climate change by rebuilding soil organic matter and restoring degraded soil biodiversity. This article examines the synergistic potential of integrating CSA?s policy-driven, adaptive approach with RA?s practice-based, soil-health focus. Key practices, such as cover cropping, reduced tillage, and integrated nutrient management, fulfill the goals of both frameworks by significantly enhancing soil carbon sequestration, improving water infiltration, and stabilizing yields under variable weather conditions. While CSA offers the necessary institutional and technological tools (e.g., climate information services), RA provides the ecological foundation-healthy, carbon-rich soil-to absorb and mitigate climate impacts effectively. Successful scaling requires blended public-private financing, robust farmer training, and policy support tailored to local agro-ecological zones.