Low emission development strategies in agriculture. An Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) perspective

As countries experience economic growth and choose among available development pathways, they are in a favorable posi- tion to adopt natural resource use technologies and production practices that favor efficient use of inputs, healthy soils, and ecosystems. Current emphasis on increasing resilience...

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Autores principales: Pinto, Alessandro de, Man Li, Haruna, Akiko, Hyman, Glenn G., Londoño, Mario Andres, Creamer, Bernardo, Kwon, Ho-Young, Valencia Garcia, Jhon Brayan, Tapasco, Jeimar, Martínez, Jesús David
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76293
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author Pinto, Alessandro de
Man Li
Haruna, Akiko
Hyman, Glenn G.
Londoño, Mario Andres
Creamer, Bernardo
Kwon, Ho-Young
Valencia Garcia, Jhon Brayan
Tapasco, Jeimar
Martínez, Jesús David
author_browse Creamer, Bernardo
Haruna, Akiko
Hyman, Glenn G.
Kwon, Ho-Young
Londoño, Mario Andres
Man Li
Martínez, Jesús David
Pinto, Alessandro de
Tapasco, Jeimar
Valencia Garcia, Jhon Brayan
author_facet Pinto, Alessandro de
Man Li
Haruna, Akiko
Hyman, Glenn G.
Londoño, Mario Andres
Creamer, Bernardo
Kwon, Ho-Young
Valencia Garcia, Jhon Brayan
Tapasco, Jeimar
Martínez, Jesús David
author_sort Pinto, Alessandro de
collection Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (CGSpace)
description As countries experience economic growth and choose among available development pathways, they are in a favorable posi- tion to adopt natural resource use technologies and production practices that favor efficient use of inputs, healthy soils, and ecosystems. Current emphasis on increasing resilience to climate change and reducing agricultural greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions strengthens the support for sustainable agricultural production. In fact, reducing losses in soil fertility, reclaiming degraded lands, and promoting synergistic interaction between crop production and forests are generally seen as good climate change policies. In order for decision-makers to develop long-term policies that address these issues, they must have tools at their disposal that evaluate trade-offs, opportunities, and repercussions of the options considered. In this paper, the authors combine and reconcile the output of three models widely accessible to the public to analyze the impacts of policies that target emission reduction in the agricultural sector. We present an application to Colombia which reveals the importance of considering the full scope of interactions among the various land uses. Results indicate that investments in increasing the efficiency and productivity of the livestock sector and reducing land allocated to pasture are preferable to policies that target deforestation alone or target a reduction of emissions in crop production. Investments in livestock productivity and land-carrying capacity would reduce deforestation and provide sufficient gains in carbon stock to offset greater emissions from increased crop production while generating higher revenues.
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spelling CGSpace762932025-11-12T05:56:59Z Low emission development strategies in agriculture. An Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) perspective Pinto, Alessandro de Man Li Haruna, Akiko Hyman, Glenn G. Londoño, Mario Andres Creamer, Bernardo Kwon, Ho-Young Valencia Garcia, Jhon Brayan Tapasco, Jeimar Martínez, Jesús David climate change agriculture food security resource management technological changes economic development commodities land-use change malnutrition nutrition trade food supply commodity markets prices emissions As countries experience economic growth and choose among available development pathways, they are in a favorable posi- tion to adopt natural resource use technologies and production practices that favor efficient use of inputs, healthy soils, and ecosystems. Current emphasis on increasing resilience to climate change and reducing agricultural greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions strengthens the support for sustainable agricultural production. In fact, reducing losses in soil fertility, reclaiming degraded lands, and promoting synergistic interaction between crop production and forests are generally seen as good climate change policies. In order for decision-makers to develop long-term policies that address these issues, they must have tools at their disposal that evaluate trade-offs, opportunities, and repercussions of the options considered. In this paper, the authors combine and reconcile the output of three models widely accessible to the public to analyze the impacts of policies that target emission reduction in the agricultural sector. We present an application to Colombia which reveals the importance of considering the full scope of interactions among the various land uses. Results indicate that investments in increasing the efficiency and productivity of the livestock sector and reducing land allocated to pasture are preferable to policies that target deforestation alone or target a reduction of emissions in crop production. Investments in livestock productivity and land-carrying capacity would reduce deforestation and provide sufficient gains in carbon stock to offset greater emissions from increased crop production while generating higher revenues. 2016-11 2016-07-27T13:24:44Z 2016-07-27T13:24:44Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76293 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier De Pinto A, Li M, Haruna A, Hyman GG, Londoño MA, Creamer B, Kwon H, Valencia JB, Tapasco J, Martinez JD. 2016. Low emission development strategies in agriculture. An agriculture, forestry, and other land uses (AFOLU) perspective. World Development 87:180-203.
spellingShingle climate change
agriculture
food security
resource management
technological changes
economic development
commodities
land-use change
malnutrition
nutrition
trade
food supply
commodity markets
prices
emissions
Pinto, Alessandro de
Man Li
Haruna, Akiko
Hyman, Glenn G.
Londoño, Mario Andres
Creamer, Bernardo
Kwon, Ho-Young
Valencia Garcia, Jhon Brayan
Tapasco, Jeimar
Martínez, Jesús David
Low emission development strategies in agriculture. An Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) perspective
title Low emission development strategies in agriculture. An Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) perspective
title_full Low emission development strategies in agriculture. An Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) perspective
title_fullStr Low emission development strategies in agriculture. An Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) perspective
title_full_unstemmed Low emission development strategies in agriculture. An Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) perspective
title_short Low emission development strategies in agriculture. An Agriculture, Forestry, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) perspective
title_sort low emission development strategies in agriculture an agriculture forestry and other land uses afolu perspective
topic climate change
agriculture
food security
resource management
technological changes
economic development
commodities
land-use change
malnutrition
nutrition
trade
food supply
commodity markets
prices
emissions
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/76293
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