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Agriculture in South Asia is highly vulnerable to climate change due to increasing variability in rainfall and rising temperatures leading to the incidence of extreme climatic events such as floods, droughts, heat/cold waves, and storms. Agriculture sector also contributes to the causes of climat...


Aryal, Jeetendra PrakashRahut, Dil BahadurSapkota, Tek BKhurana, RitikaKhatri-Chhetri, Arun[Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia]Climate change mitigation options among farmers in South Asia

Background: Smallholders have begun to take advantage of a growing pool of investment in climate change mitigation. Meanwhile, early movers in this area are working to develop innovative models that will allow projects to be nancially sustainable and scalable while bene ting local actors. This s...


Shames, SethHeiner, KristaKapukha, MarthaKiguli, LillianMasiga, MosesNantongo Kalunda, PaulineSsempala, AnnetRecha, John W.M.Wekesa, Amos[Building local institutional capacity to implement agricultural carbon projects: participatory action research with Vi Agroforestry in Kenya and ECOTRUST in Uganda]Building local institutional capacity to implement agricultural carbon projects: participatory action research with Vi Agroforestry in Kenya and ECOTRUST in Uganda

Cattle ranching in Brazil is a key driver of deforestation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Brazilian government plans to reduce national GHG emissions by at least 36%, partly by reducing emissions in the livestock sector through strategies such as intensification, pasture improvement, and...


Bogaerts, MeghanCirhigiri, LoraRobinson, IanRodkin, MikaelaHajjar, ReemCosta Junior, CiniroNewton, Peter[Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon]Climate change mitigation through intensified pasture management: Estimating greenhouse gas emissions on cattle farms in the Brazilian Amazon
Sommer, RolfBossio, Deborah A.[Response to the discussion letter of Lassaletta and Aguilera “soil carbon sequestration is a climate stabilization wedge: Comments on Sommer and Bossio (2014)”]Response to the discussion letter of Lassaletta and Aguilera “soil carbon sequestration is a climate stabilization wedge: Comments on Sommer and Bossio (2014)”

Land degradation is a globally recognized problem and restoration of degraded land is currently high on the international agenda. Forest landscape restoration and other restorative ecosystem management activities are important measures that contribute towards reaching the objectives of the Bonn C...


Romijn, ErikaCoppus, RubenDe Sy, VeroniqueHerold, MartinRomán Cuesta, Rosa MariaVerchot, Louis V.[Land Restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Overview of Recent, Ongoing and Planned Restoration Initiatives and Their Potential for Climate Change Mitigation]Land Restoration in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Overview of Recent, Ongoing and Planned Restoration Initiatives and Their Potential for Climate Change Mitigation

Agroforestry systems and tree cover on agricultural land make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, but are not systematically accounted for in either global carbon budgets or national carbon accounting. This paper assesses the role of trees on agricultural land and their signif...


Zomer, Robert J.Neufeldt, HenryXu, JianchuAhrends, AntjeBossio, Deborah A.Trabucco, AntonioNoordwijk, Meine vanWang, Mingcheng[Global tree cover and biomass carbon on agricultural land: The contribution of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets]Global tree cover and biomass carbon on agricultural land: The contribution of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets

Sommer, RolfPaul, Birthe K.Mukalama, JohnKihara, Job[Reducing losses but failing to sequester carbon in soils – the case of Conservation Agriculture and Integrated Soil Fertility Management in the humid tropical agro-ecosystem of Western Kenya]Reducing losses but failing to sequester carbon in soils – the case of Conservation Agriculture and Integrated Soil Fertility Management in the humid tropical agro-ecosystem of Western Kenya

Climate change impacts on agriculture have become evident, and threaten the achievement of global food security. On the other hand, the agricultural sector itself is a cause of climate change, and if actions are not taken, the sector might impede the achievement of global climate goals. Science-p...


Dinesh, DhanushZougmoré, Robert B.Vervoort, Joost M.Totin, EdmondThornton, Philip K.Solomon, DawitShirsath, PareshPede, ValerienLópez Noriega, IsabelLäderach, PeterKörner, JanaHegger, DriesGirvetz, Evan H.Friis, Anette EngelundDriessen, Peter P.J.Campbell, Bruce M.[Facilitating Change for Climate-Smart Agriculture through Science-Policy Engagement]Facilitating Change for Climate-Smart Agriculture through Science-Policy Engagement

The production of tropical agricultural commodities, such as cocoa (Theobroma cacao) and coffee (Coffea spp.), the countries and communities engaged in it, and the industries dependent on these commodities, are vulnerable to climate change. This is especially so where a large percentage of the gl...


Schroth, GötzLäderach, PeterMartínez Valle, Armando IsaacBunn, Christian[From site-level to regional adaptation planning for tropical commodities: cocoa in West Africa]From site-level to regional adaptation planning for tropical commodities: cocoa in West Africa

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