Achieving mitigation and adaptation to climate change through sustainable agroforestry practices in Africa

Mbow, Cheikh; Smith, Pete; Skole, David L.; Duguma, Lalisa; Bustamante, Mercedes M. C.

doi:10.1016/j.cosust.2013.09.002

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“…Much of the uncertainty that exists is due to a dearth of data available for trees growing outside of forests. More research on C storage potential for windbreaks, using local models, and analyzing variables such as site index, tree densities, C accumulation in soils, and future climates will greatly improve our understanding of the carbon dynamics in these systems (Mbow et al 2014). These uncertainties raise questions on which trees and management options will be suitable in future climates and how to best minimize negative climate change impacts on agriculture (Nguyen et al 2013).…”

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Estimating carbon storage in windbreak trees on U.S. agricultural lands

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Assessing carbon (C) capture and storage potential by the agroforestry practice of windbreaks has been limited. This is due, in part, to a lack of suitable data and associated models for estimating tree biomass and C for species growing under more opengrown conditions such as windbreaks in the Central Plains region of the United States (U.S.). We evaluated 15 allometric models using destructively sampled Pinus ponderosa (Lawson & C. Lawson) data from field windbreaks in Nebraska and Montana. Several goodness-of-fit metrics were used to select the optimal model. The Jenkins' et al. model was then used to estimate biomass for 16 tree species in windbreaks projected over a 50 year time horizon in nine continental U.S. regions. Carbon storage potential in the windbreak scenarios ranged from 1.07 ± 0.21 to 3.84 ± 0.04 Mg C ha -1 year -1 for conifer species and from 0.99 ± 0.16 to 13.6 ± 7.72 Mg C ha -1 year -1 for broadleaved deciduous species during the 50 year period. Estimated mean C storage potentials across species and regions were 2.45 ± 0.42 and 4.39 ± 1.74 Mg C ha -1 year -1 for conifer and broadleaved deciduous species, respectively. Such information enhances our capacity to better predict the C sequestration potential of windbreaks associated with whole farm/ranch operations in the U.S.

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“…Agroforestry, for example, helps to diversify the farmer's income by combining tree crops with annual crops or pastures for livestock. At the same time, it creates synergies between adaptation and mitigation if it is applied in the tropics where carbon sequestration offers a co-benefit (Mbow et al 2014). Insurances can transfer climatic risks and, as such, complement climate change adaptation at low to medium risks.…”

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Mapping and linking supply- and demand-side measures in climate-smart agriculture. A review

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Verburg

2017

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Climate change and food security are two of humanity's greatest challenges and are highly interlinked. On the one hand, climate change puts pressure on food security. On the other hand, farming significantly contributes to anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. This calls for climate-smart agriculture-agriculture that helps to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Climate-smart agriculture measures are diverse and include emission reductions, sink enhancements, and fossil fuel offsets for mitigation. Adaptation measures include technological advancements, adaptive farming practices, and financial management. Here, we review the potentials and trade-offs of climate-smart agricultural measures by producers and consumers. Our two main findings are as follows: (1) The benefits of measures are often site-dependent and differ according to agricultural practices (e.g., fertilizer use), environmental conditions (e.g., carbon sequestration potential), or the production and consumption of specific products (e.g., rice and meat). (2) Climate-smart agricultural measures on the supply side are likely to be insufficient or ineffective if not accompanied by changes in consumer behavior, as climate-smart agriculture will affect the supply of agricultural commodities and require changes on the demand side in response. Such linkages between demand and supply require simultaneous policy and market incentives. It, therefore, requires interdisciplinary cooperation to meet the twin challenge of climate change and food security. The link to consumer behavior is often neglected in research but regarded as an essential component of climate-smart agriculture. We argue for not solely focusing research and implementation on one-sided measures but designing good, sitespecific combinations of both demand-and supply-side measures to use the potential of agriculture more effectively to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

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“…It is also recognized that agroforestry can be inefficient when the technology is inappropriate or the accompanying policies are not enabling. Mbow et al (2014) further contend that combining adaptation with mitigation has been recognized as a necessity in developing countries, particularly in the agriculture, forestry and other land use (AFOLU) sector. Thus other than carbon sequestration, recognizing cobenefits from traditional agroforestry systems is crucial.…”

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Trees in the landscape: towards the promotion and development of traditional and farm forest management in tropical and subtropical regions

Chirwa

Mala

2016

Agroforest Syst

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This introductory paper aims to synthesize the findings on on-farm trees research with the integration of traditional silvicultural knowledge on multipurpose trees for the design of small scale forestry practices in Africa and Asia. The science, socio-economics and governance aspects of traditional tree based management systems have been documented through the different papers. The findings provide a synopsis of on-farm tree management in Africa and Asia. The synthesis shows that there are still important knowledge gaps such as the ownership of land and trees, gender, the motivation to invest on farm trees, income and livelihood strategies and ecological issues of on farm trees in the context of climate change adaptation and sustainable development goals. There is a general consensus that successful implementation of community involvement in natural resource management in Africa and Asia will only be realized by implementing enabling policies on land tenure, devolution for full empowerment visa viz planning, beneficiation and sharing of benefits.

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Achieving mitigation and adaptation to climate change through sustainable agroforestry practices in Africa

Cited by 507 publications

References 49 publications

Estimating carbon storage in windbreak trees on U.S. agricultural lands

Estimating carbon storage in windbreak trees on U.S. agricultural lands

Mapping and linking supply- and demand-side measures in climate-smart agriculture. A review

Trees in the landscape: towards the promotion and development of traditional and farm forest management in tropical and subtropical regions

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