Analyzing the greenhouse gas impact potential of smallholder development actions across a global food security program

Simple item page
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Vermonten
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitute of Forestry and Agriculture Management and Certificationen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionEurope
cg.coverage.regionLatin America
cg.coverage.regionNorthern America
cg.coverage.regionSouth America
cg.creator.identifierJulie Nash: 0000-0003-2930-5919
cg.creator.identifierGillian Galford: 0000-0003-2192-7385
cg.creator.identifierMeryl Richards: 0000-0002-5065-7401
cg.creator.identifierEva Wollenberg: 0000-0002-4335-2562
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aab0b0en
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-FP3_SAMPLES
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-FP3_USAIDLEDOpportunities
cg.issn1748-9326en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalEnvironmental Research Lettersen
cg.subject.ccafsLOW EMISSIONS DEVELOPMENTen
cg.volume13en
dc.contributor.authorGrewer, Uween
dc.contributor.authorNash, Julieen
dc.contributor.authorGurwick, Noelen
dc.contributor.authorBockel, Louisen
dc.contributor.authorGalford, Gillian L.en
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Meryl B.en
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Ciniroen
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Julianna M.en
dc.contributor.authorPirolli, Gillianen
dc.contributor.authorWollenberg, Eva Karolineen
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-10T20:53:17Zen
dc.date.available2018-08-10T20:53:17Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/96532
dc.titleAnalyzing the greenhouse gas impact potential of smallholder development actions across a global food security programen
dcterms.abstractThis article analyses the greenhouse gas (GHG) impact potential of improved management practices and technologies for smallholder agriculture promoted under a global food security development program. Under 'business-as-usual' development, global studies on the future of agriculture to 2050 project considerable increases in total food production and cultivated area. Conventional cropland intensification and conversion of natural vegetation typically result in increased GHG emissions and loss of carbon stocks. There is a strong need to understand the potential greenhouse gas impacts of agricultural development programs intended to achieve large-scale change, and to identify pathways of smallholder agricultural development that can achieve food security and agricultural production growth without drastic increases in GHG emissions. In an analysis of 134 crop and livestock production systems in 15 countries with reported impacts on 4.8 million ha, improved management practices and technologies by smallholder farmers significantly reduce GHG emission intensity of agricultural production, increase yields and reduce post-harvest losses, while either decreasing or only moderately increasing net GHG emissions per area. Investments in both production and post-harvest stages meaningfully reduced GHG emission intensity, contributing to low emission development. We present average impacts on net GHG emissions per hectare and GHG emission intensity, while not providing detailed statistics of GHG impacts at scale that are associated to additional uncertainties. While reported improvements in smallholder systems effectively reduce future GHG emissions compared to business-as-usual development, these contributions are insufficient to significantly reduce net GHG emission in agriculture beyond current levels, particularly if future agricultural production grows at projected rates.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.available2018-03-20
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGrewer U, Nash J, Gurwick N, Bockel L, Galford G, Richards M, Costa C, White J, Pirolli G, Wollenberg E. 2018. Analyzing the greenhouse gas impact potential of smallholder development actions across a global food security program. Environmental Research Letters 13(4):12-13en
dcterms.issued2018-04-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-3.0
dcterms.publisherIOP Publishingen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectgreenhouse gasesen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

Files

License bundle

Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.75 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download

Collections

CCAFS Journal Articles