Aug 13, 2015
Farmers Hold Key to Reducing Climate Threats
A new study finds that Africa’s rural farmers can reduce carbon emissions and it won’t be such a big burden as was once thought.The International Fund for Agricultura...
CGIAR Climate's insight:
This Voice of America article refers to research by CCAFS and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). It quotes Lini Wallenberg, CCAFS Flagship Leader for Low Emissions Agriculture, on smallholders' potential to reduce emissions.
“We believe the potential would be about one giga-ton of CO-2 equivalent per year for all of agriculture. And if we estimate that about one-third of emissions come from small-holders now, we would then extrapolate to say that about point-three giga-tons would be possible."