Climate smart agriculture and global food-crop production

Most business-as-usual scenarios for farming under changing climate regimes project that the agriculture sector will be significantly impacted from increased temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns. Perhaps ironically, agricultural production contributes substantially to the problem with ye...

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Autores principales: Pinto, Alessandro de, Cenacchi, Nicola, Kwon, Ho-Young, Koo, Jawoo, Dunston, Shahnila
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108144
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author Pinto, Alessandro de
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Koo, Jawoo
Dunston, Shahnila
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description Most business-as-usual scenarios for farming under changing climate regimes project that the agriculture sector will be significantly impacted from increased temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns. Perhaps ironically, agricultural production contributes substantially to the problem with yearly greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of about 11% of total anthropogenic GHG emissions, not including land use change. It is partly because of this tension that Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) has attracted interest given its promise to increase agricultural productivity under a changing climate while reducing emissions. Considerable resources have been mobilized to promote CSA globally even though the potential effects of its widespread adoption have not yet been studied. Here we show that a subset of agronomic practices that are often included under the rubric of CSA can contribute to increasing agricultural production under unfavorable climate regimes while contributing to the reduction of GHG. However, for CSA to make a significant impact important investments and coordination are required and its principles must be implemented widely across the entire sector.
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spelling CGSpace1081442024-10-25T07:54:41Z Climate smart agriculture and global food-crop production Pinto, Alessandro de Cenacchi, Nicola Kwon, Ho-Young Koo, Jawoo Dunston, Shahnila models food production agricultural production greenhouse gas emissions technology decision-support systems agriculture crop production food security climate-smart agriculture climate change Most business-as-usual scenarios for farming under changing climate regimes project that the agriculture sector will be significantly impacted from increased temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns. Perhaps ironically, agricultural production contributes substantially to the problem with yearly greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of about 11% of total anthropogenic GHG emissions, not including land use change. It is partly because of this tension that Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) has attracted interest given its promise to increase agricultural productivity under a changing climate while reducing emissions. Considerable resources have been mobilized to promote CSA globally even though the potential effects of its widespread adoption have not yet been studied. Here we show that a subset of agronomic practices that are often included under the rubric of CSA can contribute to increasing agricultural production under unfavorable climate regimes while contributing to the reduction of GHG. However, for CSA to make a significant impact important investments and coordination are required and its principles must be implemented widely across the entire sector. 2020-04-29 2020-05-05T12:46:46Z 2020-05-05T12:46:46Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/108144 en Open Access Public Library of Science De Pinto A, Cenacchi N, Kwon H-Y, Koo J, Dunston S. 2020. Climate smart agriculture and global food-crop production. PLoS ONE 15(4):e0231764.
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food production
agricultural production
greenhouse gas emissions
technology
decision-support systems
agriculture
crop production
food security
climate-smart agriculture
climate change
Pinto, Alessandro de
Cenacchi, Nicola
Kwon, Ho-Young
Koo, Jawoo
Dunston, Shahnila
Climate smart agriculture and global food-crop production
title Climate smart agriculture and global food-crop production
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food production
agricultural production
greenhouse gas emissions
technology
decision-support systems
agriculture
crop production
food security
climate-smart agriculture
climate change
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