Planning for agricultural adaptation and mitigation has to lean on informed decision-making processes. Stakeholder involvement, consensus building and the integration of comprehensive and reliable information represent crucial, yet challenging, pillars for successful outcomes. The spatially-expli...
Brandt, P.
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Kvakić, M.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[How to target climate-smart agriculture? Concept and application of the consensus-driven decision support framework “targetCSA”]
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How to target climate-smart agriculture? Concept and application of the consensus-driven decision support framework “targetCSA”
Climate-induced livelihood transitons in the agricultural systems of Africa are increasingly likely. There has been only limited study on what such transitons might look like, but it is clear that the implicatons could be profound in relaton to social, environmental, economic and politcal efects ...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Karanja, S.
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Jones, Peter G.
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Mutie, Ianetta
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Herrero, Mario T.
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[Genesis reversed: climate change impacts on agriculture and livelihoods in mixed crop-livestock systems of East Africa]
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Genesis reversed: climate change impacts on agriculture and livelihoods in mixed crop-livestock systems of East Africa
The effects of land use and land cover (LULC) on groundwater recharge and surface runoff and how these are affected by LULC changes are of interest for sustainable water resources management. However, there is limited quantitative evidence on how changes to LULC in semi-arid tropical and subtropi...
Owuor, Steven O.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Guzha, Alphonce Chenjerayi
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Pelster, David E.
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Díaz Pinés, Eugenio
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Breuer, Lutz
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[Groundwater recharge rates and surface runoff response to land use and land cover changes in semi-arid environments]
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Groundwater recharge rates and surface runoff response to land use and land cover changes in semi-arid environments
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
This study aims to explain effects of soil textural class, topography, land use, and land use history on soil greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes in the Lake Victoria region. We measured GHG fluxes from intact soil cores collected in Rakai, Uganda, an area characterized by low‐input smallholder (<2 ha) f...
Wanyama, Ibrahim
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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Pelster, David E.
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Wanyama, George N.
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Atzberger, Clement
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Asten, Piet J.A. van
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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[Land Use, Land Use History, and Soil Type Affect Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Agricultural Landscapes of the East African Highlands]
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Land Use, Land Use History, and Soil Type Affect Soil Greenhouse Gas Fluxes From Agricultural Landscapes of the East African Highlands
Studies that quantify nitrous oxide (N2O) fluxes from African tropical forests and adjacent managed land uses are scarce. The expansion of smallholder agriculture and commercial agriculture into the Mau forest, the largest montane forest in Kenya, has caused large-scale land use change over the l...
Wanyamaa, I.
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Pelster, David E.
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Arias-Navarro, Cristina
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Butterbach-Bahl, Klaus
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Verchot, Louis V.
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[Management intensity controls soil N2O fluxes in an Afromontane ecosystem]
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Management intensity controls soil N2O fluxes in an Afromontane ecosystem
Few field studies examine greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from African agricultural systems resulting in high uncertainty for national inventories. We provide here the most comprehensive study in Africa to date, examining annual CO2, CH4 and N2O emissions from 59 plots, across different vegetation...
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, G.
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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 African farms in western Kenya have limited greenhouse gas fluxes]
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Smallholder African farms in western Kenya have limited greenhouse gas fluxes
This book can be downloaded from the publisher's website.
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
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture has become a critical target in national
climate change policies. More than 80% of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) refer to the
reduction of agricultural emissions, including livestock, in their nationally determined contribution
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Brandt, Patric
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Harold, Martin
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Rufino, Mariana C.
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[The contribution of sectoral climate change mitigation options to national targets: a quantitative assessment of dairy production in Kenya]
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The contribution of sectoral climate change mitigation options to national targets: a quantitative assessment of dairy production in Kenya