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A Short-Term Assessment Of Carbon Dioxide Fluxes Under Contrasting Agricultural And Soil Management Practices In Zimbabwe, Deb O'Dell, Thomas J. Sauer, Bruce B. Hicks, Christian Thierfelder, Dayton M. Lambert, Joanne Logan, Neal S. Eash

Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science Publications and Other Works

Two of the biggest problems facing humankind are feeding an exponentially growing human population and preventing the accumulation of atmospheric greenhouse gases and its climate change consequences. Refined agricultural practices could address both of these problems. The research addressed here is an exploration of the efficacy of alternative agricultural practices in sequestering carbon (C). The study was conducted in Zimbabwe with the intent to (a) demonstrate the utility of micrometeorological methods for measuring carbon dioxide (CO2) exchange between the surface and the atmosphere in the short-term, and (b) to quantify differences in such exchange rates for a variety of agricultural …