Climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry: four decades of research initiated by Peter Huxley

Agroforestry (AF)-based adaptation to global climate change can consist of (1) reversal of negative trends in diverse tree cover as generic portfolio risk management strategy; (2) targeted, strategic, shift in resource capture (e.g. light, water) to adjust to changing conditions (e.g. lower or more...

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Autores principales: Noordwijk, M. van, Coe, R., Sinclair, Fergus L., Luedeling, Eike, Bayala, Jules, Muthuri, Catherine W., Cooper, P., Kindt, R., Duguma, L., Lamanna, C., Minang, Peter A.
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Springer 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114025
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author Noordwijk, M. van
Coe, R.
Sinclair, Fergus L.
Luedeling, Eike
Bayala, Jules
Muthuri, Catherine W.
Cooper, P.
Kindt, R.
Duguma, L.
Lamanna, C.
Minang, Peter A.
author_browse Bayala, Jules
Coe, R.
Cooper, P.
Duguma, L.
Kindt, R.
Lamanna, C.
Luedeling, Eike
Minang, Peter A.
Muthuri, Catherine W.
Noordwijk, M. van
Sinclair, Fergus L.
author_facet Noordwijk, M. van
Coe, R.
Sinclair, Fergus L.
Luedeling, Eike
Bayala, Jules
Muthuri, Catherine W.
Cooper, P.
Kindt, R.
Duguma, L.
Lamanna, C.
Minang, Peter A.
author_sort Noordwijk, M. van
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description Agroforestry (AF)-based adaptation to global climate change can consist of (1) reversal of negative trends in diverse tree cover as generic portfolio risk management strategy; (2) targeted, strategic, shift in resource capture (e.g. light, water) to adjust to changing conditions (e.g. lower or more variable rainfall, higher temperatures); (3) vegetation-based influences on rainfall patterns; or (4) adaptive, tactical, management of tree-crop interactions based on weather forecasts for the (next) growing season. Forty years ago, a tree physiological research tradition in aboveground and belowground resource capture was established with questions and methods on climate-tree-soil-crop interactions in space and time that are still relevant for today’s challenges. After summarising early research contributions, we review recent literature to assess current levels of uncertainty in climate adaptation assessments in and through AF. Quantification of microclimate within and around tree canopies showed a gap between standard climate station data (designed to avoid tree influences) and the actual climate in which crop and tree meristems or livestock operates in real-world AF. Where global scenario modelling of ‘macroclimate’ change in mean annual rainfall and temperature extrapolates from climate station conditions in past decades, it ignores microclimate effects of trees. There still is a shortage of long-term phenology records to analyse tree biological responses across a wide range of species to climate variability, especially where flowering and pollination matter. Physiological understanding can complement farmer knowledge and help guide policy decisions that allow AF solutions to emerge and tree germplasm to be adjusted for the growing conditions expected over the lifetime of a tree.
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spelling CGSpace1140252024-03-06T10:16:43Z Climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry: four decades of research initiated by Peter Huxley Noordwijk, M. van Coe, R. Sinclair, Fergus L. Luedeling, Eike Bayala, Jules Muthuri, Catherine W. Cooper, P. Kindt, R. Duguma, L. Lamanna, C. Minang, Peter A. agroforestry climate change agroecology Agroforestry (AF)-based adaptation to global climate change can consist of (1) reversal of negative trends in diverse tree cover as generic portfolio risk management strategy; (2) targeted, strategic, shift in resource capture (e.g. light, water) to adjust to changing conditions (e.g. lower or more variable rainfall, higher temperatures); (3) vegetation-based influences on rainfall patterns; or (4) adaptive, tactical, management of tree-crop interactions based on weather forecasts for the (next) growing season. Forty years ago, a tree physiological research tradition in aboveground and belowground resource capture was established with questions and methods on climate-tree-soil-crop interactions in space and time that are still relevant for today’s challenges. After summarising early research contributions, we review recent literature to assess current levels of uncertainty in climate adaptation assessments in and through AF. Quantification of microclimate within and around tree canopies showed a gap between standard climate station data (designed to avoid tree influences) and the actual climate in which crop and tree meristems or livestock operates in real-world AF. Where global scenario modelling of ‘macroclimate’ change in mean annual rainfall and temperature extrapolates from climate station conditions in past decades, it ignores microclimate effects of trees. There still is a shortage of long-term phenology records to analyse tree biological responses across a wide range of species to climate variability, especially where flowering and pollination matter. Physiological understanding can complement farmer knowledge and help guide policy decisions that allow AF solutions to emerge and tree germplasm to be adjusted for the growing conditions expected over the lifetime of a tree. 2021-06 2021-06-21T04:13:05Z 2021-06-21T04:13:05Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114025 en Open Access Springer van Noordwijk, M., Coe, R., Sinclair, F.L., Luedeling, E., Bayala, J., Muthuri, C.W., Cooper, P., Kindt, R., Duguma, L., Lamanna, C. and Minang, P.A. 2021. Climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry: four decades of research initiated by Peter Huxley. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 26(5): 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11027-021-09954-5
spellingShingle agroforestry
climate change
agroecology
Noordwijk, M. van
Coe, R.
Sinclair, Fergus L.
Luedeling, Eike
Bayala, Jules
Muthuri, Catherine W.
Cooper, P.
Kindt, R.
Duguma, L.
Lamanna, C.
Minang, Peter A.
Climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry: four decades of research initiated by Peter Huxley
title Climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry: four decades of research initiated by Peter Huxley
title_full Climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry: four decades of research initiated by Peter Huxley
title_fullStr Climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry: four decades of research initiated by Peter Huxley
title_full_unstemmed Climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry: four decades of research initiated by Peter Huxley
title_short Climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry: four decades of research initiated by Peter Huxley
title_sort climate change adaptation in and through agroforestry four decades of research initiated by peter huxley
topic agroforestry
climate change
agroecology
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/114025
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