What is CGIAR doing on soil carbon and climate change?
Increasing soil carbon would benefit food security and mitigate climate change, but more research is needed about how to sustainably manage the soil for carbon …read more
What’s the state of climate adaptation and mitigation efforts in African agriculture?
Experts share insights on science to deliver adaptation and mitigation in East African agriculture “In East Africa, we are acutely aware of the consequences of …read more
Guidance for Standardized GHG Assessment of Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU) Projects
New guidance document by FAO’s EX-ACT team is tailored to the needs of finance institutions, multilateral and bilateral donors and their implementing agencies, international organizations and …read more
Genetic mitigation strategies to tackle agricultural GHG emissions: The case for biological nitrification inhibition technology
Accelerated soil-nitrifier activity and rapid nitrification are the cause of declining nitrogen-use efficiency (NUE) and enhanced nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from farming. Biological nitrification inhibition …read more
Guidance for national- and activity-level reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation in the livestock sector
As countries begin to implement the Paris Agreement, many need to improve systems to track mitigation in the livestock sector. In their Intended Nationally Determined …read more
Emissions from smallholder farming may be significant; mitigation recommendations
Report examines emissions from smallholder farming and if smallholder farming should contribute to climate change mitigation. As countries plan and begin implementation of Nationally Determined …read more
Reliable and affordable methods for measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture now available
Book meets demand for advances in how to collect data on greenhouse gas sources and sinks from smalholder agriculture. As countries shift from mitigation commitments …read more
