Achieving food security while switching to low carbon agriculture

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.creator.identifierShenggen Fan: 0000-0002-2658-4863
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1063/1.3670412en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Director General's Office
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1941-7012en
cg.issue4en
cg.journalJournal of Renewable and Sustainable Energyen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume4en
dc.contributor.authorFan, Shenggenen
dc.contributor.authorRamirez, Anaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-01T13:55:44Zen
dc.date.available2024-10-01T13:55:44Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/153172
dc.titleAchieving food security while switching to low carbon agricultureen
dcterms.abstractThe increase of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is irreversibly raising the earth’s temperature, with its effects already being seen across the world, with higher frequency and intensity of extreme weather events and natural disasters. Agriculture is extremely vulnerable to these climatic changes, and in most regions of the world, productivity and yields are likely to suffer from shifting seasons and heightened weather variability. These changes could lead to higher food prices for the main food crops and undermine global food security. However, agriculture is also part of the problem of climate change. Together with land-use change and deforestation, it is a large contributor to global GHG emissions. In order to face the challenge of climate change, the carbon intensity of agriculture must be reduced in a way that will not compromise the food security of poor people. With the right innovations, investments, and policy incentives in place, low GHG emission agriculture practices can help mitigate the effects of climate change, reduce emissions while contributing to food security. Governments and donors must ensure that the switch to low GHG emissions technologies and practices—referred to as low carbon throughout the article, is done in a way that is pro-poor and that meets smallholders’ and women’s needs.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2012-07-16
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFan, Shenggen; and Ramirez, Ana. 2012. Achieving food security while switching to low carbon agriculture. Special Topic on Low-Carbon Society for a Green Economy. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 4(4): 041405. Special Topic: Low-Carbon Society for a Green Economy. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3670412en
dcterms.issued2012-07
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherAIP Publishingen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/3657en
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectair pollutionen
dcterms.subjectclimate change mitigationen
dcterms.subjectfoodsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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