The Davis Statement

Overview

Over 300 participants from 35 countries, representing scientific institutions, universities, multilateral organizations, governments, international organizations, farmers’ organizations, the private sector and civil society organizations convened at the 2nd Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture at the University of California, Davis, to explore avenues to move forward on scientific priorities in climate-smart agriculture and to catalyze transformative actions.

Setting priorities for a climate-smart future

Participants presented key scientific findings relevant to climate smart agriculture, identified priorities for new research and explored potential opportunities to strengthen science-policy integration to provide global food security and nutrition, alleviate poverty, support sustainable development and promote ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes.

Conference participants focused on Landscape Scale

The conference focused on three key themes:

• Sustainable Farm and Food Systems: Options for sustainable intensification, agroecosystem management and food systems;
• Landscape and Regional Scales: Land use, ecosystem services and regional resilience;
• Integrative and Transformative Institutional and Policy Aspects: Bridging across scales to link science and practice to ensure food security and nutrition, poverty alleviation and multiple ecosystem services.