Capturing synergies between rural development and agricultural mitigation in Brazil

Branca, Giacomo; Hissa, Helga; Benez, Mara Cristina; Medeiros, Kátia Rejane de; Lipper, Leslie; Tinlot, Marianne; Bockel, Louis; Bernoux, Martial

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2012.04.021

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“…In contrast, in humid areas, the magnitude of yield and the mitigation effects are more evenly balanced. This finding has important implications for the potential and means of capturing synergies between mitigation and food security (Branca et al 2013). The higher potential "mitigation productivity" (e.g., tons of emissions reduction per hectare) found in humid areas provides an economic basis for supporting higher transaction costs in mitigation crediting programmes-which is key to accessing many forms of climate change mitigation finance.…”

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Food security, climate change, and sustainable land management. A review

Branca¹,

Lipper²,

McCarthy³

et al. 2013

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Agriculture production in developing countries must be increased to meet food demand for a growing population. Earlier literature suggests that sustainable land management could increase food production without degrading soil and water resources. Improved agronomic practices include organic fertilization, minimum soil disturbance, and incorporation of residues, terraces, water harvesting and conservation, and agroforestry. These practices can also deliver co-benefits in the form of reduced greenhouse gas emissions and enhanced carbon storage in soils and biomass. Here, we review 160 studies reporting original field data on the yield effects of sustainable land management practices sequestering soil carbon. The major points are: (1) sustainable land management generally leads to increased yields, although the magnitude and variability of results varies by specific practice and agro-climatic conditions. For instance, yield effects are in some cases negative for improved fallows, terraces, minimum tillage, and live fences. Whereas, positive yield effects are observed consistently for cover crops, organic fertilizer, mulching, and water harvesting. Yields are also generally higher in areas of low and variable rainfall. (2) Isolating the yield effects of individual practices is complicated by the adoption of combinations or "packages" of sustainable land management options. (3) Sustainable land management generally increases soil carbon sequestration. Agroforestry increases aboveground C sequestration and organic fertilization reduces CO 2 emissions. (4) Rainfall distribution is a key determinant of the mitigation effects of adopting specific sustainable land management practices. Mitigation effects of adopting sustainable land management are higher in higher rainfall areas, with the exception of water management.

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Section: Main Findingsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Food security, climate change, and sustainable land management. A review

Branca¹,

Lipper²,

McCarthy³

et al. 2013

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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“…Improved cropland and grassland management, expansion of agro-forestry systems and protection of forested areas, potentially through the creation of riparian buffer zones (Branca et al, 2013;Goldstein et al, 2012;Gundersen et al, 2010) or switching to alternative crop systems such as legumes or shade-grown coffee, can all create win-win opportunities (Farber et al, 2006;Quintero et al, 2009).…”

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Creating win-wins from trade-offs? Ecosystem services for human well-being: A meta-analysis of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies in the real world

Howe

Suich

Vira

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Global Environmental Change

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“…EX-ACT is a land-based accounting system that estimates changes in carbon balance (GHG emissions and carbon sequestration) from land use change and land management practices (see Bernoux et al 2011;Branca et al 2013). CO 2 , CH 4 and N 2 O emissions are measured using the methods prescribed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 2006), complemented by other existing methodologies and reviews of default coefficients.…”

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Producing Biofuels in Low-Income Countries: An Integrated Environmental and Economic Assessment for Tanzania

Thurlow

Branca

Felix

et al. 2015

Environ Resource Econ

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This paper jointly evaluates the greenhouse gas emissions and economic impacts from producing biofuels in Tanzania. Sequentially-linked models capture natural resource constraints; emissions from land use change; economywide growth linkages; and household poverty. Results indicate that there are economic incentives to convert unused lands to sugarcane-ethanol production, but only grasslands (not forests) have a reasonable carbon payback period. There are also strong socioeconomic reasons to involve smallholders in feedstock production in order to reduce rural poverty, especially since our results indicate that biofuels have little effect on food production. Yet smallholders require more land than large-scale plantations and so face more binding natural resource and emissions constraints. Overall, environmental constraints alter the socioeconomically optimal biofuel strategy for Tanzania by limiting potential poverty reduction. Unlike previous studies, our integrated assessment suggests that a mixed farming system with greater emphasis on large-scale plantations is more appropriate for producing sugarcane-ethanol in Tanzania.

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Capturing synergies between rural development and agricultural mitigation in Brazil

Cited by 26 publications

References 24 publications

Food security, climate change, and sustainable land management. A review

Food security, climate change, and sustainable land management. A review

Creating win-wins from trade-offs? Ecosystem services for human well-being: A meta-analysis of ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies in the real world

Producing Biofuels in Low-Income Countries: An Integrated Environmental and Economic Assessment for Tanzania

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