Cocoa and REDD
In the humid lowlands of Africa, the expansion of extensive low-input agriculture is the most important driver of tropical deforestation and forest degradation with a negative impact on biodiversity and climate change (Norris et al. 2010; Phalan et al. 2011). A recent global analysis of the climate...
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| author | Gockowski, J. Robiglio, Valentina Muilerman, Sander Agyeman, N.F. Asare, R. |
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| description | In the humid lowlands of Africa, the expansion of extensive low-input agriculture is the most important driver of tropical deforestation and forest degradation with a negative impact on biodiversity and climate change (Norris et al. 2010; Phalan et al. 2011). A recent global analysis of the climate change impact of agriculture estimated that between 8.64 and 15.1 million km2 of land were spared from the plow as a result of yield gains achieved since 1961 (Burney et al. 2010). These land savings generated avoided greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions representing between 18% and 34% of the total 478 GtC emitted by humans between 1850 and 2005. |
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| spelling | CGSpace349782018-10-09T15:05:10Z Cocoa and REDD Gockowski, J. Robiglio, Valentina Muilerman, Sander Agyeman, N.F. Asare, R. agriculture climate yields greenhouse gases In the humid lowlands of Africa, the expansion of extensive low-input agriculture is the most important driver of tropical deforestation and forest degradation with a negative impact on biodiversity and climate change (Norris et al. 2010; Phalan et al. 2011). A recent global analysis of the climate change impact of agriculture estimated that between 8.64 and 15.1 million km2 of land were spared from the plow as a result of yield gains achieved since 1961 (Burney et al. 2010). These land savings generated avoided greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions representing between 18% and 34% of the total 478 GtC emitted by humans between 1850 and 2005. 2012-09 2014-02-19T07:59:28Z 2014-02-19T07:59:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34978 en Open Access Gockowski J, Robiglio V, Muilerman S, Agyeman NF, Asare R. 2012. Cocoa and REDD. IITA Research for Development Review 9: 44-48. |
| spellingShingle | agriculture climate yields greenhouse gases Gockowski, J. Robiglio, Valentina Muilerman, Sander Agyeman, N.F. Asare, R. Cocoa and REDD |
| title | Cocoa and REDD |
| title_full | Cocoa and REDD |
| title_fullStr | Cocoa and REDD |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cocoa and REDD |
| title_short | Cocoa and REDD |
| title_sort | cocoa and redd |
| topic | agriculture climate yields greenhouse gases |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34978 |
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