Agroforestry as a climate change mitigation practice in smallholder farming: evidence from Kenya

Soil carbon dioxide and methane fluxes from forests and other land use types in an African tropical montane region

Cattle urine’s planet-warming power can be curtailed with land restoration

CALI, COLOMBIA (29 January 2019) – New research demonstrates that when cow urine falls on degraded land, it releases far more nitrous oxide – a …read more

Potential mitigation contribution from agroforestry to Viet Nam’s NDC

Viet Nam is among the 196 Parties in the Paris Agreement that has committed to low-emission development pathways. The country has formulated national climate change …read more

Sustainable intensification influences soil quality, biota, and productivity in cereal-based agroecosystems

Abstract Monotonous rice-wheat cropping system with conventional management practices have resulted in declining soil quality and biota in addition to low input factor productivity and …read more

Changes in soil biology under conservation agriculture based sustainable intensification of cereal systems in Indo-Gangetic Plains

Abstract Continuous rice-wheat (RW) rotation with conventional agronomic practices has resulted in declining factor productivity and degrading soil resources. A farmer’s participatory research trial was …read more

Direct Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Tropical And Sub-Tropical Agricultural Systems – A Review And Modelling Of Emission Factors

Abstract There has been much debate about the uncertainties associated with the estimation of direct and indirect agricultural nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions in developing countries …read more

Re-assessing nitrous oxide emissions from croplands across Mainland China

Abstract Reliable quantification of nitrous oxide emission is a key to assessing efficiency of use and environmental impacts of N fertilizers in crop production. In …read more

Matching policy and science: Rationale for the ‘4 per 1000 – soils for food security and climate’ initiative

Open- and crowd-sourced MRV for agroforestry?: Preliminary results and lessons learned from a pilot study using Collect Earth to identify agroforestry on multiple land uses in Viet Nam and Colombia

Key messages Forty percent of developing countries plan to use agroforestry to meet climate and development goals, yet available systems for measurement, reporting and verification …read more