Value and impact of publicly funded climate change agricultural mitigation research: Insights from New Zealand

Fleming-Muñoz, David; Preston, Kate; Arratia-Solar, Andrea

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.119249

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“…The well-beings of both human and other organisms on earth are in danger due to the ongoing environmental degeneration 1 . The increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from artificial disturbance is deteriorating the environmental quality 2 . Annual GHG emissions in both agricultural and natural ecosystems are up to ~ 5.9 Gt carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 –eq) per year (1 Gt = 10 9 t) 3 .…”

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Energy budget and carbon footprint in a wheat and maize system under ridge furrow strategy in dry semi humid areas

2021

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The well-irrigated planting strategy (WI) consumes a large amount of energy and exacerbates greenhouse gas emissions, endangering the sustainable agricultural production. This 2-year work aims to estimate the economic benefit, energy budget and carbon footprint of a wheat–maize double cropping system under conventional rain-fed flat planting (irrigation once a year, control), ridge–furrows with plastic film mulching on the ridge (irrigation once a year, RP), and the WI in dry semi-humid areas of China. Significantly higher wheat and maize yields and net returns were achieved under RP than those under the control, while a visible reduction was found for wheat yields when compared with the WI. The ratio of benefit: cost under RP was also higher by 10.5% than that under the control in the first rotation cycle, but did not differ with those under WI. The net energy output and carbon output followed the same trends with net returns, but the RP had the largest energy use efficiency, energy productivity carbon efficiency and carbon sustainability among treatments. Therefore, the RP was an effective substitution for well–irrigated planting strategy for achieving sustained agricultural development in dry semi-humid areas.

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Energy budget and carbon footprint in a wheat and maize system under ridge furrow strategy in dry semi humid areas

2021

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Do research and development and environmental knowledge spillovers facilitate meeting sustainable development goals for resource efficiency?

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Factors Affecting the Adoption of Agroforestry Practices: Insights from Silvopastoral Systems of Colombia

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In Colombia, one-third of the land is devoted to cattle farming, which is one of the main drivers of deforestation, land degradation, loss of biodiversity, and emissions of greenhouses gases. To mitigate the environmental impacts of cattle farming, agroforestry practices have been extensively promoted with mixed results. Despite research and extension efforts over the last 20-year period, agroforestry systems still involve a complex knowledge process among stakeholders that needs to be addressed. To understand the drivers of cattle farmers’ behavior with regard to adopting agroforestry practices, we apply a double hurdle regression for different social, economic and productive information to capture the decision to adopt and the intensity of the adoption as a joint decision of such practices. For this purpose, we use data from a survey (implemented as part of an international project) administered to 1605 cattle farmers located in five agro-ecological regions in Colombia. Our dependent variables are defined by the adoption of four agroforestry practices: scattered trees, trees and shrubs for forage production, forestry plantations, and management of native forest. The adoption decision of agroforestry practices was influenced by the access and use of credit, location, and the implemented livestock system. Herd size and participation in development projects that involved tree planting had a positive influence on the adoption and intensity of agroforestry practices, while the variable associated with presence of water springs tended to boost the intensity of adoption. The diffusion of these technologies might be increased among farmers who have adopted and who are potential adopters, and social capital and networking can play a crucial role in spreading agroforestry as sustainable practice.

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Value and impact of publicly funded climate change agricultural mitigation research: Insights from New Zealand

Cited by 3 publications

References 4 publications

Energy budget and carbon footprint in a wheat and maize system under ridge furrow strategy in dry semi humid areas

Energy budget and carbon footprint in a wheat and maize system under ridge furrow strategy in dry semi humid areas

Do research and development and environmental knowledge spillovers facilitate meeting sustainable development goals for resource efficiency?

Factors Affecting the Adoption of Agroforestry Practices: Insights from Silvopastoral Systems of Colombia

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