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Lower cost greenhouse gas emission estimates for agriculture

Scientists are collaborating to furnish national governments with reliable and affordable methods for estimating greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, informing climate-smart agriculture and low-emissions development. …read more

Short and long-term impacts of nitrogen deposition on carbon sequestration by forest ecosystems

Additional cooking fuel supply and reduced global warming potential from recycling charcoal dust into charcoal briquette in Kenya

Regional nitrogen budget of the Lake Victoria Basin, East Africa: syntheses, uncertainties and perspectives

Study estimates mitigation potential of soil carbon sequestration

Put enough carbon into the soil, and climate change problem solved. Right? Not according to a new paper that estimates global climate change mitigation potential …read more

Chocolate? Sure, as long as it’s 55% shade

New research on cocoa production in Brazil finds that producers can significantly increase yields through appropriate fertilizer applications while retaining above-ground carbon stocks with large …read more

Manual on guidelines to measure greenhouse gas emissions in smallholder systems

When undertaking experiments to quantify the emissions from farm land, many factors can influence the results. Researchers from CIMMYT and the Indian Council for Agricultural …read more

Nitrous oxide emissions during the non-rice growing seasons of two subtropical rice-based rotation systems in southwest China

Irrigation technique can ease drought effects for rice farmers

The recent closing down of the Angat Dam in Central Luzon, Philippines, one of the sources of irrigation water to rice farmers in the province, …read more