Soil carbon under current and improved land management in Kenya, Ethiopia and India: Dynamics and sequestration potentials

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationSwedish University of Agricultural Sciencesen
cg.contributor.affiliationAddis Ababa Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Illinoisen
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystems
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.countryIndia
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IN
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionCentral Asia
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.creator.identifierRolf Sommer: 0000-0001-7599-9056en
cg.creator.identifierMAYESSE DA SILVA: 0000-0002-3734-9586en
cg.creator.identifierSylvia Sarah Nyawira: 0000-0003-4913-1389en
cg.creator.identifierJob Kihara: 0000-0002-4394-9553en
cg.creator.identifierWuletawu Abera: 0000-0002-3657-5223en
cg.creator.identifierKristin Persson: 0000-0003-2120-4486en
cg.creator.identifierMats Söderström: 0000-0001-9946-0979en
dc.contributor.authorSommer, Rolfen
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Mayesse Aparecida daen
dc.contributor.authorNyawira, Sylviaen
dc.contributor.authorAbera, Wuletawuen
dc.contributor.authorTamene, Lulseged D.en
dc.contributor.authorYaekob, Tesfayeen
dc.contributor.authorKihara, Job Magutaen
dc.contributor.authorPiikki, Kristinen
dc.contributor.authorSöderström, Matsen
dc.contributor.authorMargenot, Andrew J.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-20T16:18:11Zen
dc.date.available2018-12-20T16:18:11Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/98859
dc.titleSoil carbon under current and improved land management in Kenya, Ethiopia and India: Dynamics and sequestration potentialsen
dcterms.abstractAgriculture is a major contributor to climate change, emitting the three major greenhouse gases (GHGs) – carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – into the atmosphere. According to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use sector “is responsible for just under a quarter (~10–12 Gt CO2eq/yr) of [all] anthropogenic GHG emissions mainly from deforestation and agricultural emissions from livestock, soil and nutrient management”. Land use change – often associated with deforestation – contributes about 11.2% to this share, while agricultural production is responsible for 11.8% (IPCC, 2014). To reduce emissions from agriculture, while providing and maintaining global food security, there is a growing interest to develop and promote low-emission greengrowth pathways for future agricultural production systems. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) faces two concerns in that respect: a) agriculture is the major emitter of GHGs on this sub-continent, and b) agriculture is largely underperforming. To feed a growing population, productivity and total production need to increase significantly. To achieve this while reducing emissions from agriculture at the same time is a major challenge. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) sets out to address this challenge by transforming agricultural systems affected by the vagaries of climate change. CSA aims at improving food security and system’s resilience while addressing climate change mitigation.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSommer R; da Silva M; Nyawira S; Abera W; Tamene L; Yaekob T; Kihara J; Piikki K; Söderström M; Margenot A. 2018. Soil carbon under current and improved land management in Kenya, Ethiopia and India – Dynamics and sequestration potentials. Working Paper. CIAT Publication No. 475. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Nairobi, Kenya. 46 p. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10568/98859en
dcterms.extent46 p.en
dcterms.issued2018-12-19en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-4.0
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dcterms.subjectcarbonen
dcterms.subjectland useen
dcterms.subjectconservation agricultureen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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