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Full-Text Articles in Agriculture
Beyond Climate-Smart Agriculture: Toward Safe Operating Spaces For Global Food Systems, Henry Neufeldt, Molly Jahn, Bruce M. Campbell, John R. Beddington, Fabrice Declerck, Alessandro De Pinto, Jay Gulledge, Jonathan Hellin, Mario Herrero, Andy Jarvis, David Lezaks, Holger Meinke, Todd Rosenstock, Mary Scholes, Robert Scholes, Sonja Vermeulen, Eva Wollenberg, Robert Zougmoré
Beyond Climate-Smart Agriculture: Toward Safe Operating Spaces For Global Food Systems, Henry Neufeldt, Molly Jahn, Bruce M. Campbell, John R. Beddington, Fabrice Declerck, Alessandro De Pinto, Jay Gulledge, Jonathan Hellin, Mario Herrero, Andy Jarvis, David Lezaks, Holger Meinke, Todd Rosenstock, Mary Scholes, Robert Scholes, Sonja Vermeulen, Eva Wollenberg, Robert Zougmoré
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Publications
Agriculture is considered to be "climate-smart" when it contributes to increasing food security, adaptation and mitigation in a sustainable way. This new concept now dominates current discussions in agricultural development because of its capacity to unite the agendas of the agriculture, development and climate change communities under one brand. In this opinion piece authored by scientists from a variety of international agricultural and climate research communities, we argue that the concept needs to be evaluated critically because the relationship between the three dimensions is poorly understood, such that practically any improved agricultural practice can be considered climate-smart. This lack of …
Mapping The Margin: Comparing Marginal Values Of Tropical Forest Remnants For Pollination Services, Taylor H. Ricketts, Eric Lonsdorf
Mapping The Margin: Comparing Marginal Values Of Tropical Forest Remnants For Pollination Services, Taylor H. Ricketts, Eric Lonsdorf
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Publications
Natural ecosystems benefit human communities by providing ecosystem services such as water purification and crop pollination. Mapping ecosystem service values has become popular, but most are static snapshots of average value. Estimating instead the economic impacts of specific ecosystem changes can better inform typical resource decisions. Here we develop an approach to mapping marginal values, those resulting from the next unit of ecosystem change, across landscapes. We demonstrate the approach with a recent model of crop pollination services in Costa Rica, simulating deforestation events to predict resulting marginal changes in pollination services to coffee farms. We find that marginal losses …
Advancing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Quantification*, Lydia Olander, Eva Wollenberg, Francesco Tubiello, Martin Herold
Advancing Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Quantification*, Lydia Olander, Eva Wollenberg, Francesco Tubiello, Martin Herold
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Toward A Protocol For Quantifying The Greenhouse Gas Balance And Identifying Mitigation Options In Smallholder Farming Systems, T. S. Rosenstock, M. C. Rufino, K. Butterbach-Bahl, E. Wollenberg
Toward A Protocol For Quantifying The Greenhouse Gas Balance And Identifying Mitigation Options In Smallholder Farming Systems, T. S. Rosenstock, M. C. Rufino, K. Butterbach-Bahl, E. Wollenberg
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Factors Contributing To Carbon Fluxes From Bioenergy Harvests In The U.S. Northeast: An Analysis Using Field Data, Anna M. Mika, William S. Keeton
Factors Contributing To Carbon Fluxes From Bioenergy Harvests In The U.S. Northeast: An Analysis Using Field Data, Anna M. Mika, William S. Keeton
Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources Faculty Publications
With growing interest in wood bioenergy there is uncertainty over greenhouse gas emissions associated with offsetting fossil fuels. Although quantifying postharvest carbon (C) fluxes will require accurate data, relatively few studies have evaluated these using field data from actual bioenergy harvests. We assessed C reductions and net fluxes immediately postharvest from whole-tree harvests (WTH), bioenergy harvests without WTH, and nonbioenergy harvests at 35 sites across the northeastern United States. We compared the aboveground forest C in harvested with paired unharvested sites, and analyzed the C transferred to wood products and C emissions from energy generation from harvested sites, including indirect …