Assessing the Carbon Benefits of Improved Land Management Technologies

Ensuring food security under changing climate conditions is one of the major challenges of our era. Agriculture must not only become increasingly productive, but must also adapt to climate change while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Soil carbon...

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Main Author:	Braimoh, Ademola
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AFFORESTATION AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURE AGROFORESTRY AIR AIR QUALITY ATMOSPHERE ATMOSPHERIC CARBON ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CARBON CARBON FINANCE CARBON IN BIOMASS CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON STORAGE CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CONSERVATION COTTON CROP CROP RESIDUES CROP ROTATION CROP YIELD CROP YIELD INCREASES CROP YIELDS CROPLAND CROPLANDS CROPS CULTIVATION DEFORESTATION DEGRADED FORESTS ECOSYSTEM EXTENSION EXTENSION SERVICES FARMERS FARMING FERTILIZER FERTILIZERS FLOODS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FORESTS FOSSIL FUEL FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE GRAIN GRAIN CROPS GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES GROUNDNUT HARVESTING INCOMES INNOVATION INTERCROPPING LABOR COSTS LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND TENURE LAND USE LIVESTOCK MAIZE MANURE METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS MILLET MULCH MULCHING NATURAL RESOURCES NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT NITROGEN NITROGEN FERTILIZERS NITROUS OXIDE NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS NUTRIENTS ORGANIC CARBON ORGANIC MATTER PHOTOSYNTHESIS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCE PRODUCTION COSTS RAINWATER RURAL DEVELOPMENT SEEDBED PREPARATION SEEDLINGS SEEDS SHRUBS SOIL CARBON SOIL FERTILITY SOILS SORGHUM TEMPERATURE TERRACING TILLAGE TREE PLANTATIONS TREES TROPICS VEGETABLE GARDENING WATER QUALITY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/16234269/assessing-carbon-benefits-improved-land-management-technologies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10419

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Summary:	Ensuring food security under changing climate conditions is one of the major challenges of our era. Agriculture must not only become increasingly productive, but must also adapt to climate change while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Soil carbon sequestration, the process by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is taken up by plants through photosynthesis and stored as carbon in biomass and soils, can support these goals. First, soil carbon enhances agricultural productivity, which reduces rural poverty; second, it limits greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere; and third, it reduces the impact of climate change on agricultural ecosystems. This smart lesson describes the potential benefits of selected land management technologies that sequester carbon.

Assessing the Carbon Benefits of Improved Land Management Technologies

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