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Climate change linking adaptation and mitigation through agroforestry

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Relation http://oar.icrisat.org/2804/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11027-007-9105-6
 
Title Climate change linking adaptation and mitigation through agroforestry
 
Creator Verchot, L V
Van Noordwijk, M
Kandji, S
Tomich, T
Ong, C K
Albrecht, A
Mackensen, J
Bantilan, M C S
Anupama, K V
Palm, C
 
Subject Climate change
 
Description Agriculture is the human enterprise that is most vulnerable to climate change.
Tropical agriculture, particularly subsistence agriculture is particularly vulnerable, as
smallholder farmers do not have adequate resources to adapt to climate change. While
agroforestry may play a significant role in mitigating the atmospheric accumulation of
greenhouse gases (GHG), it also has a role to play in helping smallholder farmers adapt to
climate change. In this paper, we examine data on the mitigation potential of agroforestry
in the humid and sub-humid tropics. We then present the scientific evidence that leads to
the expectation that agroforestry also has an important role in climate change adaptation,
particularly for small holder farmers. We conclude with priority research questions that
need to be answered concerning the role of agroforestry in both mitigation and adaptation
to climate change.
 
Publisher Springer Netherlands
 
Date 2007
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
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Identifier http://oar.icrisat.org/2804/1/Climate_change_linking_adaptation_and_mitigation_through_agroforestry.pdf
Verchot, L V and Van Noordwijk, M and Kandji, S and Tomich, T and Ong, C K and Albrecht, A and Mackensen, J and Bantilan, M C S and Anupama, K V and Palm, C (2007) Climate change linking adaptation and mitigation through agroforestry. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 12 (5). pp. 901-918. ISSN 1573-1596