ABSTRACT
This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally, with a focus on identifying the feasibility, opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers. The purpose is ultimately to accelerate efforts towards mitigating land-based climate change. While much attention has been focused on forestry for its reputed cost-effectiveness, the agricultural sector contributes about ten to twelve per cent of emissions and has a large technical and economic potential for reducing greenhouse gases. The book does not dwell on the science of emissions reduction, as this is well covered elsewhere; rather, it focuses on the design and practical implementation of mitigation activities through changing farming systems.
Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture includes chapters about experiences in developed countries, such as Canada and Australia, where these efforts also have lessons for mitigation options for smallholders in poorer nations, as well as industrialising countries such as Brazil and China. A wide range of agroecological zones and of aspects or types of farming, including livestock, crops, fish farming, fertilizer use and agroforestry, as well as economics and finance, is included. The volume presents a synthesis of current knowledge and research activities on this emerging subject. Together the chapters capture an exciting period in the development of land-based climate change mitigation as attention is increasingly focused on agriculture's role in contributing to climate change.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|57 pages
Introduction
chapter 1|25 pages
Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture
chapter 2|11 pages
Agricultural Mitigation Approaches for Smallholders
part II|156 pages
Institutional Arrangements and Incentives
chapter 6|9 pages
Reducing Costs and Improving Benefits in Smallholder Agriculture Carbon Projects
chapter 7|10 pages
How to Make Carbon Finance Work for Smallholders in Africa
chapter 8|14 pages
Designing Agricultural Mitigation for Smallholders in Developing Countries
chapter 11|8 pages
Sustainable Land Management and Carbon Finance
chapter 12|13 pages
Financing Mitigation in Smallholder Agricultural Systems
chapter 15|11 pages
Payments for Environmental Services to Mitigate Climate Change
chapter 18|12 pages
Sustaining China's Agriculture in a Changing Climate
part III|70 pages
Ghg Measurement and Accounting
chapter 21|10 pages
An Emissions-Intensity Approach for Crediting Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Agriculture
chapter 24|11 pages
Accounting for Quality in Agricultural Carbon Credits
part IV|126 pages
Case Studies