[HTML][HTML] Achieving mitigation and adaptation to climate change through sustainable agroforestry practices in Africa

C Mbow, P Smith, D Skole, L Duguma… - Current opinion in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Agroforestry shows promise for co-delivery of adaptation to and mitigation of
climate change.•Socio-environmental benefits of agroforestry should be considered in …

[HTML][HTML] Agroforestry solutions to address food security and climate change challenges in Africa

C Mbow, M Van Noordwijk, E Luedeling… - Current Opinion in …, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Agroforestry farms and landscapes are a important part of Africa's rural
landscapes.•Trees on farm and in the landscape provide income and environmental …

Which agroforestry options give the greatest soil and above ground carbon benefits in different world regions?

D Feliciano, A Ledo, J Hillier, DR Nayak - Agriculture, ecosystems & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Climate change mitigation and food security are two of the main challenges of human
society. Agroforestry systems, defined as the presence of trees on external and internal …

Mixing plant species in cropping systems: concepts, tools and models: a review

E Malézieux, Y Crozat, C Dupraz, M Laurans… - Sustainable …, 2009 - Springer
The evolution of natural ecosystems is controled by a high level of biodiversity, in sharp
contrast, intensive agricultural systems involve monocultures associated with high input of …

Agroforestry standards for regenerative agriculture

CR Elevitch, DN Mazaroli, D Ragone - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Agroforestry is increasingly being recognized as a holistic food production system that can
have numerous significant environmental, economic, and social benefits. This growing …

Trees increase soil organic carbon and nutrient availability in temperate agroforestry systems

P Pardon, B Reubens, D Reheul, J Mertens… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2017 - Elsevier
Agroforestry systems (AFS) have a large potential to deliver a wide range of ecosystem
services (ES). In field and crop management, changes to factors such as regulatory ES …

The 4 per 1000 goal and soil carbon storage under agroforestry and conservation agriculture systems in sub-Saharan Africa

M Corbeels, R Cardinael, K Naudin, H Guibert… - Soil and Tillage …, 2019 - Elsevier
The 4‰ initiative launched by the French government at COP21 in Paris in December 2015
aspires to increase global soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks at a rate of 0.4% per year. We …

Soil and water conservation in Africa: State of play and potential role in tackling soil degradation and building soil health in agricultural lands

M Diop, N Chirinda, A Beniaich, M El Gharous… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Africa's lands are largely vulnerable and threatened by soil degradation and low water
availability, especially in semi-arid and arid regions, limiting crop and livestock productivity …

How agroforestry systems influence soil fauna and their functions-a review

C Marsden, A Martin-Chave, J Cortet, M Hedde… - Plant and Soil, 2020 - Springer
Background Agroforestry systems have enhanced diversity of cultivated plants compared to
monocultures, and are expected to affect associated biodiversity. Despite a growing body of …

Revisiting IPCC Tier 1 coefficients for soil organic and biomass carbon storage in agroforestry systems

R Cardinael, V Umulisa, A Toudert… - Environmental …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Agroforestry systems comprise trees and crops, or trees and pastures within the same field.
Globally, they cover approximately 1 billion hectares of land and contribute to the livelihoods …