Soil Organic Matter, Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Cocoa–Based Agroforestry Systems

Belowground roles of agroforestry in climate change mitigation (C storage) and adaptation (reduced vulnerability to drought) are less obvious than easy-to-measure aspects aboveground. Documentation on these roles is lacking. We quantified the organic C concentration (Corg) and soil physical properti...

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Autores principales: Gusli, S., Sumeni, S., Sabodin, R., Muqfi, I.H., Nur, M., Hairiah, K., Useng, D., Noordwijk, M. van
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Publicado: MDPI 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113337
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author Gusli, S.
Sumeni, S.
Sabodin, R.
Muqfi, I.H.
Nur, M.
Hairiah, K.
Useng, D.
Noordwijk, M. van
author_browse Gusli, S.
Hairiah, K.
Muqfi, I.H.
Noordwijk, M. van
Nur, M.
Sabodin, R.
Sumeni, S.
Useng, D.
author_facet Gusli, S.
Sumeni, S.
Sabodin, R.
Muqfi, I.H.
Nur, M.
Hairiah, K.
Useng, D.
Noordwijk, M. van
author_sort Gusli, S.
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description Belowground roles of agroforestry in climate change mitigation (C storage) and adaptation (reduced vulnerability to drought) are less obvious than easy-to-measure aspects aboveground. Documentation on these roles is lacking. We quantified the organic C concentration (Corg) and soil physical properties in a mountainous landscape in Sulawesi (Indonesia) for five land cover types: secondary forest (SF), multistrata cocoa–based agroforestry (CAF) aged 4–5 years (CAF4), 10–12 years (CAF10), 17–34 years (CAF17), and multistrata (mixed fruit and timber) agroforest (MAF45) aged 45–68 years. With four replicate plots per cover type, we measured five pools of C-stock according to IPCC guidelines, soil bulk density (BD), macro porosity (MP), hydraulic conductivity (Ks), and available water capacity of the soil (AWC). The highest C-stock, in SF, was around 320 Mg ha−1, the lowest, 74 Mg ha−1, was in CAF4, with the older agroforestry systems being intermediate with 120 to 150 Mg ha−1. Soil compaction after forest conversion led to increased BD and reduced MP, Ks, and AWC. Older agroforestry partly recovered buffering: AWC per m of rooted soil profile increased by 5.7 mm per unit (g kg−1) increase of Corg. The restored AWC can support about a week’s worth of evapotranspiration without rain, assisting in climate change adaptation.
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spelling CGSpace1133372025-02-19T14:34:09Z Soil Organic Matter, Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Cocoa–Based Agroforestry Systems Gusli, S. Sumeni, S. Sabodin, R. Muqfi, I.H. Nur, M. Hairiah, K. Useng, D. Noordwijk, M. van soil organic matter climate change agroforestry Belowground roles of agroforestry in climate change mitigation (C storage) and adaptation (reduced vulnerability to drought) are less obvious than easy-to-measure aspects aboveground. Documentation on these roles is lacking. We quantified the organic C concentration (Corg) and soil physical properties in a mountainous landscape in Sulawesi (Indonesia) for five land cover types: secondary forest (SF), multistrata cocoa–based agroforestry (CAF) aged 4–5 years (CAF4), 10–12 years (CAF10), 17–34 years (CAF17), and multistrata (mixed fruit and timber) agroforest (MAF45) aged 45–68 years. With four replicate plots per cover type, we measured five pools of C-stock according to IPCC guidelines, soil bulk density (BD), macro porosity (MP), hydraulic conductivity (Ks), and available water capacity of the soil (AWC). The highest C-stock, in SF, was around 320 Mg ha−1, the lowest, 74 Mg ha−1, was in CAF4, with the older agroforestry systems being intermediate with 120 to 150 Mg ha−1. Soil compaction after forest conversion led to increased BD and reduced MP, Ks, and AWC. Older agroforestry partly recovered buffering: AWC per m of rooted soil profile increased by 5.7 mm per unit (g kg−1) increase of Corg. The restored AWC can support about a week’s worth of evapotranspiration without rain, assisting in climate change adaptation. 2020-09-14 2021-04-14T04:07:20Z 2021-04-14T04:07:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113337 en Open Access MDPI Gusli, S., Sumeni, S., Sabodin, R., Muqfi, I.H., Nur, M., Hairiah, K., Useng, D. and Van Noordwijk, M., 2020. Soil Organic Matter, Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Cocoa–Based Agroforestry Systems. Land, 9(9), p.323. https://doi.org/10.3390/land9090323
spellingShingle soil organic matter
climate change
agroforestry
Gusli, S.
Sumeni, S.
Sabodin, R.
Muqfi, I.H.
Nur, M.
Hairiah, K.
Useng, D.
Noordwijk, M. van
Soil Organic Matter, Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Cocoa–Based Agroforestry Systems
title Soil Organic Matter, Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Cocoa–Based Agroforestry Systems
title_full Soil Organic Matter, Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Cocoa–Based Agroforestry Systems
title_fullStr Soil Organic Matter, Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Cocoa–Based Agroforestry Systems
title_full_unstemmed Soil Organic Matter, Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Cocoa–Based Agroforestry Systems
title_short Soil Organic Matter, Mitigation of and Adaptation to Climate Change in Cocoa–Based Agroforestry Systems
title_sort soil organic matter mitigation of and adaptation to climate change in cocoa based agroforestry systems
topic soil organic matter
climate change
agroforestry
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/113337
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