ABSTRACT SUBMISSION IS CLOSED

What’s your approach to climate-smart agriculture?

You are invited to send your abstract to the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture 2019.

We welcome abstracts which demonstrate practical approaches as well as the
introduction of new dimensions and perspectives on climate-smart agriculture.

Abstracts should be clearly linked to one of the conference sub-themes.

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Download Call for Abstracts

If you need help or have a question, please contact us here or email us at abstract@globalcsaconference.org.

Key dates

29th Oct 2018

Call for abstracts open
~~28th Feb 2019~~ 15th March 2019

Final abstract submission deadline
1st Mar 2019 – 30th Apr 2019

Abstract review process
31st May 2019

Confirmation of successful abstract

Key dates

29th Oct 2018

Call for abstracts open
~~28th Feb 2019~~
15th March 2019

Final abstract submission deadline
1st Mar 2019 – 30th Apr 2019

Abstract review process
31st May 2019

Confirmation of successful abstract

Guidelines & Criteria

ABSTRACT SELECTION CRITERIA

The selection committee will seek to accommodate the preferred presentation format for all delegates. However, it may also recommend a different presentation format deemed more appropriate for the abstract, in order to build a diverse and interesting program.

The criteria used to assess abstracts may include:

Relevance of the abstract to the conference theme and sub-themes
Clear statements regarding (i) the motivation for the work, (ii) the results/findings, and (iii) conclusions/implications
Research merit, innovation, originality and interest
Quality of the abstract, in terms of content and language
Fit with the presentation format preferred

ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The following guidelines are provided to assist you in submitting your abstract. All abstract submissions should link to one of the conference sub-themes.

Please read and follow the instructions below:

Abstracts should be no more than 200 words.
Complete the online abstract submission form.
Your abstract should be submitted in English.
We encourage you to send an abstract which is a summary of a paper’s substance including background, purpose, methods/approach, results, and conclusion.
Abstract information cannot be altered after the submission site is closed. Please note that the presentation format (oral/speed talk/poster) selected during the submission process is a request only; the selection committee will make the final selections.
It is the responsibility of the lead presenter to submit the abstract. They will be the primary corresponding author whose responsibility it is to communicate with other members of the presenting team.
If your abstract is accepted, you will be invited to register for the 5th Global Science Conference on Climate-Smart Agriculture. You will need to register and pay the registration fees for the conference by 15th June 2019 to be included in the final program.

Presentation formats

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Duration: 10 mins presentation

Oral presentations will be organized into the six sub-themes. The sessions will take place in parallel with a duration of 90 minutes. Each session will provide opportunities for in-depth discussions.

Please note that oral presentations will be limited to 3 per session, and should last no longer than 10 mins: 7 mins allocated time for the presentation and 3 mins for clarifying questions.

SPEED TALKS

Duration: 5 mins presentation

The objective of this format is to spark dialogue. You will have a limited period of time (5 mins) to present a result, outcome, approach or concept in an accessible manner.

Typically, speed talks are a vignette of key findings or methods for projects, or on-ground actions or plans. There can be a maximum of three supporting slides plus one title slide to accompany the talk.

For this session, the audience will be large, offering speakers the opportunity to ensure maximum exposure of their work.

POSTERS

Posters will be on display during the entire conference. In addition, there will be a dedicated poster session. Posters must be A0 size (84×119 cm) and should be in portrait format.

The committee will also select a few abstract submissions for posters to be presented as a “Hot Topic” talk during the conference.

Questions?

If you need help or have a question, please get in touch. Our support staff is happy to assist you with whatever you need.

	CONFERENCE SUB-THEMES	BRIEF DESCRIPTION
1	Strong farmer and consumer organizations and networking	Collective actions by farmers and consumers are key to driving transformational change in food systems. This sub-theme focuses on lesson learning from actions that build capacity and empower farmers and consumers and their networks as part of the efforts to drive demand-driven solutions.
2	Digitally enabled climate-informed services	Agriculture is behind many sectors in the application of information and communication tools. This sub-theme focuses on addressing this gap, and generating lessons for application of digital tools, disruptive technologies and big data, in extension, early response systems and adaptive safety nets.
3	Climate-resilient and low-emission practices and technologies	Technologies and practices which enhance resilience and enable farmers to take low emissions development pathways are crucial, and the focus of this sub-theme is to identify emerging innovations and lessons from their application, including innovative ideas for scaling up technologies and practices.
4	Innovative finance to leverage public and private sector investments	This sub-theme focuses on mobilizing the finance needed to drive a food systems transformation, identifying financial mechanisms to de-risk private capital (for example, blended finance), including incentives for technology uptake.
5	Reshaping supply chains, food retail, marketing and procurement	This sub-theme takes cognizance of the need for system-wide actions to drive transformation, and focuses on reshaping supply chains from farm to fork, including new models of business-to-business coordination, new diets and consumer choices and efforts to manage food loss and waste.
6	Gender equality, capacity and enabling policy and institutions	This sub-theme recognizes the central and complementary role that gender equality, capacity, enabling policies and institutions play to support transformation. The focus will be on innovative approaches to capacity enhancement, policy design and implementation, land governance and reforms, and trade rules.