CLISA (CLImate Smart Agriculture) is the first multi-institutional training program in Canada towards climate smart agriculture to help address the need for HQPs who possess appropriate knowledge and expertise in climate change, precision agriculture, water and soil management, sustainable food production and food value chains, and climate-smart financing and policies to promote the development and application of innovative technologies and strategies in Canadian farming practices.
The CLISA initiative is led by Dr. Xander Wang from the Climate Smart Lab in the Canadian Centre for Climate Change and Adaptation at the University of Prince Edward Island, with financial support from the NSERC CREATE program. The CLISA team consists of university professors, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and undergraduate students, as well as governmental agencies, NGOs, and industrial partners.
The training activities of the CLISA network are specifically designed to address four research themes towards climate change and food security in Canada’s agricultural sector: Theme I – Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change, Theme II – Agricultural GHG Emissions Reduction, Theme III – Sustainable Food Production and Food Value Chains, and Theme IV – Finance and Policy for Climate Smart Agriculture.
CLISA is the first multi-institutional training program in Canada towards climate smart agriculture to help address the need for HQPs who possess appropriate knowledge and expertise in climate change, precision agriculture, water and soil management, sustainable food production and food value chains, and climate-smart financing and policies to promote the development and application of innovative technologies and strategies in Canadian farming practices.
