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The mitigation advantage: maximizing the co-benefits of investing in smallholder adaptation initiatives

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Title The mitigation advantage: maximizing the co-benefits of investing in smallholder adaptation initiatives
 
Creator Chakrabarti, S.
 
Subject GREENHOUSE GASES
AGRICULTURE
FORESTRY
CLIMATE CHANGE
FOOD SECURITY
 
Description Smallholders’ role in climate change adaptation and mitigation
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has highlighted a critical
trade-off between agricultural development and climate change mitigation. On the one
hand, agriculture, forestry and other kinds of land use (AFOLU) account for about a
quarter of net human-induced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. These emissions are
mainly caused by deforestation, as well as soil and nutrient management practices, and
livestock. For example, in the ten years since 2001, agricultural emissions from crop and
livestock production – mainly in developing countries – grew from 4.7 billion tons of
carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e) to over 5.3 billion tons – a 14 per cent increase
(IPCC, 2014). However, agriculture is central to global food and nutrition security, in
particular for millions of smallholders for whom it is the main source of livelihood.
Smallholders are, therefore, both dependent on agriculture and contributors to related
emissions – but they also hold the key to reducing these emissions if supported
through innovative and holistic programming
International Fund for Agricultural Development
 
Date 2016-02-12T08:21:34Z
2016-02-12T08:21:34Z
2015-10-30
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Chakrabarti S. 2015. The mitigation advantage: maximizing the co-benefits of investing in smallholder adaptation initiatives. International Fund for Agricultural Development.
978-92-9072-578-7
http://hdl.handle.net/10568/71042
 
Language en
 
Publisher International Fund for Agricultural Development