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Agriculture in tropical developing countries produces about 7–9 % of annual anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contributes to additional emissions through land-use change (Smith et al. 2014). At the same time, nearly 70 % of...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Richards, Meryl
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[Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture]
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Methods for Measuring Greenhouse Gas Balances and Evaluating Mitigation Options in Smallholder Agriculture
Measurements of nutrient stocks and greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes are typically collected at very local scales (<1 to 30 m2) and then extrapolated to estimate impacts at larger spatial extents (farms, landscapes, or even countries). Translating point measurements to higher levels of aggregation is ...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Chirinda, Ngonidzashe
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Bussel, Lenny G. J. van
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Reidsma, Pytrik
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Scaling point and plot measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes, balances, and intensities to whole farms and landscapes]
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Scaling point and plot measurements of greenhouse gas fluxes, balances, and intensities to whole farms and landscapes
Trade-offs between livelihood and environmental outcomes due to agricultural intensification in sub-Saharan Africa are uncertain. The present study measured yield, economic performance and nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in African indigenous vegetable (AIV) production to investigate the optimal nu...
Kurgat, Barnabas K.
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Stöber, Silke
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Mwonga, Samuel
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Lotze-Campen, Hermann
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Livelihood and climate trade-offs in Kenyan peri-urban vegetable production]
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Livelihood and climate trade-offs in Kenyan peri-urban vegetable production
This document reports on the concepts driving the scientific activities of FAO’s Mitigation of Climate Change in Agriculture Programme’s (MICCA) pilot projects in East Africa. It provides results from the research, briefly describes the analytical approaches used and concludes with key messages r...
Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Mpanda, Mathew
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Rioux, J.
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Kirui, Josephine
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Anyekulu S
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Luedeling, Eike
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Kuyah S
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Kimaro, Anthony A.
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Franzel, Steven
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Neufeldt, Henry
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Shepherd K
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Neely, Constance
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[Science to support climate-smart agricultural development]
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Science to support climate-smart agricultural development
At the 21st session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, COP21), a
voluntary action plan, the ‘4 per 1000 Initiative: Soils for Food Security and Climate’ was proposed under the Agenda for Action. The Initiative underlines the role of soil organic matter (SOM) in ...
Soussana, Jean-François
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Lutfalla, Suzanne
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Ehrhardt, Fiona
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Lamanna, Christine
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Havlík, Petr
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Richards, Meryl
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Wollenberg, Eva K.
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Chotte, Jean-Luc
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Torquebiau, Emmanuel F.
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Ciais, Philippe
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Smith, Pete
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Lal, Rattan
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[Matching policy and science: Rationale for the ‘4 per 1000 - soils for food security and climate’ initiative]
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Matching policy and science: Rationale for the ‘4 per 1000 - soils for food security and climate’ initiative
Large-scale investment is needed to create climate-smart agriculture (CSA) systems. While many government and development agencies are integrating CSA into their policies, programmes, plans and projects, there is little guidance for operational planning and implementation on ways to be climate-s...
Girvetz, Evan H.
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Corner-Dolloff, Caitlin
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Lamanna, Christine
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[‘CSA-Plan’: strategies to put Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) into practice]
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‘CSA-Plan’: strategies to put Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) into practice
Key messages
◼ About one-third of countries in Latin America express an intent to use agroforestry to meet national climate commitments.
◼ Despite this interest, technical and institutional barriers often prevent agroforestry from being represented and counted in United Nations Framework Conventi...
Suber, Marta
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Wilkes, Andreas
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Jallo, Courtney
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Namoi, Nictor
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Bulusu, Medha
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Making Trees Count in Latin America and the Caribbean: Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry in the UNFCCC]
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Making Trees Count in Latin America and the Caribbean: Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) of agroforestry in the UNFCCC
The Climate Food and Farming (CLIFF) Research Network is an international research network that helps to expand young researchers' knowledge and experience working on climate change mitigation in smallholder farming. CLIFF provides grants for selected doctoral students to work with CGIAR research...
Climate-smart approaches have gained momentum in tropical, agricultural development. However, to date, few studies have examined whole-farm greenhouse gas (GHG) balances in smallholder crop-livestock systems. This study aimed to quantify GHG balances at farm-scale, identify GHG hotspots and asses...
Ortiz Gonzalo, Daniel
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Vaast, Philippe
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Oelofse, Myles
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Neergaard, Andreas de
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Albrecht, Alain
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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[Farm-scale greenhouse gas balances, hotspots and uncertainties in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Central Kenya]
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Farm-scale greenhouse gas balances, hotspots and uncertainties in smallholder crop-livestock systems in Central Kenya
Several countries are developing nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) in the livestock sector. Compared to research on emission factors, much less attention has been paid to understanding systems for collecting activity data on change in livestock management practices and animal perf...
Wilkes, Andreas
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Rosenstock, Todd S.
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Namoi, Nictor
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Fraval, Simon
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[Suitability of project M&E systems to support agricultural MRV: The case of the Kenya dairy NAMA]
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Suitability of project M&E systems to support agricultural MRV: The case of the Kenya dairy NAMA