Few field studies examine greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from African agricultural systems, resulting in high uncertainty for national inventories. This lack of data is particularly noticeable in smallholder farms in sub-Saharan Africa, where low inputs are often correlated with low yields, often...
Pelster, David E.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Mango, Joash
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Saiz, Gustavo
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Díaz Pinés, Eugenio
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Baldi, G.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Smallholder farms in eastern African tropical highlands have low soil greenhouse gas fluxes]
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Smallholder farms in eastern African tropical highlands have low soil greenhouse gas fluxes
This booklet presents a collection of previously
unpublished or ongoing research and interventions
related to climate-smart agriculture (CSA), with
emphasis on experiences in Eastern and Southern
Africa. The visual material contained herein offers
researchers, development workers and policy-maker...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Nowak, Andreea
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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[Data leaks to help create a climate-smart future]
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Data leaks to help create a climate-smart future
Given the extent of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) initiatives at project, national, regional and global levels, there is increasing interest in tracking progress in implementing CSA at national level. CSA is also expected to contribute to higher-level goals (e.g., the Paris Agreement, Africa Un...
Nowak, Andreea C.
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Measurement and reporting of climate-smart agriculture: technical guidance for a countrycentric process]
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Measurement and reporting of climate-smart agriculture: technical guidance for a countrycentric process
RHoMIS is a rapid, cheap, digital farm
household-level survey and analytical engine for
characterizing, targeting and monitoring
agricultural performance. RHoMIS captures information describing farm
productivity and practices, nutrition, food security,
gender equity, climate and poverty. RHoMIS i...
Wijk, Mark T. van
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Hammond, James
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Etten, Jacob van
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Pagella, Tim
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Ritzema, Randall S.
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Teufel, Nils
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[The Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS): A rapid, cost-effective and flexible tool for farm household characterisation, targeting interventions and monitoring progress towards climate-smart agriculture]
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The Rural Household Multi-Indicator Survey (RHoMIS): A rapid, cost-effective and flexible tool for farm household characterisation, targeting interventions and monitoring progress towards climate-smart agriculture
Agriculture remains vital to the economy of most African countries and its development
has significant implications for food security and poverty reduction in the region. Increase
in agricultural production over the past decades has mainly been due to land area expansion,
with very little change ...
Williams, Timothy O.
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Mul, Marloes L.
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Cofie, Olufunke O.
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Kinyangi, James
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Wamukoya, George
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Nyasimi, Mary
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Mapfumo, Paul
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Speranza, Chinwe Ifejika
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Amwata, D.
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Frid-Nielsen, Snorre
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Partey, Samuel T.
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Girvetz, Evan H.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Campbell, Bruce M.
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[Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context]
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Climate Smart Agriculture in the African Context
This paper summarizes currently available data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from African natural ecosystems and agricultural lands. The available data are used to synthesize current understanding of the drivers of change in GHG emissions, outline the knowledge gaps, and suggest future direct...
Kim, Dong-Gill
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Thomas, Andrew D
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Pelster, David E.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Sanz-Cobena, Alberto
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[Greenhouse gas emissions from natural ecosystems and agricultural lands in sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis of available data and suggestions for further research]
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Greenhouse gas emissions from natural ecosystems and agricultural lands in sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis of available data and suggestions for further research
The Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector contributes with ca. 20–25 % of global anthropogenic emissions (2010), making it a key component of any climate change mitigation strategy. AFOLU estimates, however, remain highly uncertain, jeopardizing the mitigation effectiveness of t...
Román Cuesta, Rosa Maria
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Herold, Martin
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Houghton, Richard A.
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Rossi, Simone
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Ogle, Stephen
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Poulter, Benjamin
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Martius, Christopher
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Bruin, Sytze de
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[Multi-gas and multi-source comparisons of six land use emission datasets and AFOLU estimates in the Fifth Assessment Report, for the tropics for 2000–2005]
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Multi-gas and multi-source comparisons of six land use emission datasets and AFOLU estimates in the Fifth Assessment Report, for the tropics for 2000–2005
Livestock NAMA in Costa Rica aims to transform
the livestock production sector to achieve ecocompetitive
livestock farming.
n Public-private-academic partnerships evaluate
and co-develop the technical and institutional
building blocks of the NAMA.
n The key components of NAMA development in
its f...
Chacón, Mauricio
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Segura, Jorge
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Jenkins, Agripina
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Fallas, Marco
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Villanueva, Diego Obando Cristóbal
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Chacón-Cascante, Adriana
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Abarca, Sergio
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Ordoñez, Jenny C.
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Farnworth, Cathy R.
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Arango, Jacobo
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Next steps of the Livestock NAMA in Costa Rica: Synthesis of stakeholder consultations and rapid assessment of their current status]
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Next steps of the Livestock NAMA in Costa Rica: Synthesis of stakeholder consultations and rapid assessment of their current status
Efforts have been made in recent years to improve knowledge about soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes from sub-Saharan Africa. However, data on soil GHG emissions from smallholder coffee-dairy systems have not hitherto been measured experimentally. This study aimed to quantify soil GHG emissions at ...
Ortiz Gonzalo, Daniel
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Neergaard, Andreas de
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Vaast, Philippe
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Suárez-Villanueva, Víctor
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Oelofse, Myles
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Multi-scale measurements show limited soil greenhouse gas emissions in Kenyan smallholder coffee-dairy systems]
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Multi-scale measurements show limited soil greenhouse gas emissions in Kenyan smallholder coffee-dairy systems
More than 500 million USD will soon be invested in climate-smart agriculture (CSA) programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. Improving smallholder farm management is the core of most of these programmes. However, there has been no comprehensive information available to evaluate how changing agricultural ...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Lamanna, Christine
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Namoi, Nictor
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Arslan, Aslihan
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Richards, Meryl
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[What Is the evidence base for climate-smart agriculture in East and Southern Africa? A systematic map]
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What Is the evidence base for climate-smart agriculture in East and Southern Africa? A systematic map