For a print copy of this publication or to request an alternate format, please contact. Agroforestry system recognized as a carbon sequestration strategy because of its applicability in agricultural lands as well as in reforestation programs agroforestry offers the highest potential for carbon sequestration direct role. Carbon sequestration and biomass production rates from agroforestry southern murraydarling basin region page i executive summary south australia has the potential to sequester significant amount of carbon from revegetation in agricultural landscapes. With adequate management of trees in cultivated lands and pastures, a significant fraction of the atmospheric c could be captured and stored in plant biomass and in soils. Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systemsopportunities and challenges. Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems. Agroforestry practices have the potential to be regenerative, improve and increase the provision of ecosystem services at the farm and landscape level, while improving farm productivity and profitability.
Although there have been a number of publications recently and in the past about the c sequestration potential of agroforestry. The potential of organic coffee to maintain carbon in soil and to reduce emissions from deforestation and ecosystem degradation redd is discussed. Note, however, that studies on the carbon benefits. Sustainable agroforestry can be used to store atmospheric carbon, deliver economic and. Concentration of atmospheric co 2 can be lowered either by reducing emissions. Also, there is a belief that crops cannot grow well. Sohngen would like to acknowledge as well the generous funding of the us environmental protection agency, climate change division, for develop.
The potential of agroforestry as a strategy for carbon sequestration has not yet been fully recognized so far. Pdf carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems researchgate. An additional benefit is the creation of a carbon sink that removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Therefore, as a landowner, you will earn carbon credits for implementing ccx approved sequestration. Carbon sequestration in tropical tree crop systems especially in. An underexploited environmental benefit of agroforestry systems springerlink. Successful agroforestry systems will also reduce land. Cgiar research program forests, trees and agroforestry. The concept of cs is the same across different landuse systems. Agroforestry has been recognized to be of special importance as a carbon sequestration strategy because of its applicability in agriculture lands as well as in reforestation progammes cairns and meganck, 1994. Additionally, substantial extent of areas of unproductive crop, grass, and forest lands as well as degraded lands could be brought under agroforestry. Carbon sequestration mitigation options general forest management options plantations, agroforestry forest restoration, commiting forest for c enhancement sustainable management of existing forests ntfp management, biofuel plantation, sustainable wood production mitigation options in forestry fix and maintain carbon in the vegetation and. Carbon capture offers a solution that has the potential to reduce carbon concentrations in the surrounding environment.
Agroforestry as a strategy for carbon sequestration. A metaanalysis was carried out to investigate changes in soil organic carbon soc stocks at 015, 030, 060, 0100, and 0. Conventionally, farmers have only grown a single crop on one field. Preliminary estimate of carbon sequestration potential of. Carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems article pdf available in advances in agronomy 108. We showed that agroforestry systems play an effective role in global carbon sequestration, involved in carbon capture and the longterm storage of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Agroforestry as a strategy for carbon sequestration article pdf available in journal of plant nutrition and soil science 1721. Reported values of carbon sequestration in the vegetation. Average carbon storage by agroforestry practices has been estimated as 9. Carbon sequestration in tropical tree crop systems. The objective of this paper, therefore, is to examine the carbon sequestration potential of. An analysis of forestry carbon sequestration as a response. Oelbermann m, paul voroney r, gordon am 2004 carbon sequestration in tropical and temperate agroforestry systems. For example, using the searchstring agroforestry and sustainability and carbon sequestration yields 127 records.
These systems play an important role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, through carbon c sequestration. Crucial to this happening is the development of the carbon market and the future demand and price of these credits3. Since cocoa yields decrease nonlinearly with increasing shade, a need is to design optimal cocoa agroforestry systems with high yields and high carbon stocks. Pdf agroforestry as a strategy for carbon sequestration. The paper is published in the journal agroforestry systems. The removal of carbon from the atmosphere by various means such as agroforestry or perennial grasses and securely storing it in forms such as biomass or soil organic matter. Gupta forest soil and land reclamation division, forest research institute, dehradun 248 006 i ncrease of co 2 in atmosphere is attracting global concern. It is believed that agricultural and forestry practices can partially mitigate increasing co2 con centration by sequestering carbon c. A short introduction to carbon sequestration international.
Carbon sequestration and biomass production rates from agroforestry southern murraydarling basin region page iv list of figures figure 1. Potential of agroforestry for carbon sequestration and mitigation of. Sequestration rates for agroforestry and lowdensity planting and restoration in the sahel ranged from 220 to 770. It is clear from the above section that most if not all agroforestry systems have the potential to sequester c. Carbon c sequestration potential csp of afs is one of the recent recognitions of the environmental benefits of this ageold.
Carbon sequestration and biomass production rates from agroforestry project study area. Agroforestry in carbon sequestration and indias national. These services include the possibility to improve carbon sequestration, biodiversity, erosion control, and water management. Carbon sequestration potential is one of the promising but littlestudied characteristics of agroforestry systems. Agroforestry systems can be used as a method of carbon sequestration because they store carbon in the soils and biomass as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the soils 2. Oct 28, 2017 agroforestry systems may play an important role in mitigating climate change, having the ability to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide co 2 in plant parts and soil. The increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide co2 concentrations due to emissions from fossil fuel combustion is contributing to recent climate change which is among the major challenges facing the world. The extent of c sequestered in any agroforestry system will depend on a number of site.
Carbon stocks and cocoa yields in agroforestry systems of. Carbon sequestration potential of four land use systems adapted from ipcc, 2000 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 agroforestry grazing management forest management cropland management agroforestry has such a high potential, not because it is the land use practice with the highest carbon density, but because. Carbon sequestration credits a landowners guide to carbon. Agroforestry systems can regain 35% of the carbon stock and store.
Carbon sequestration in tropical agroforestry systems. Show that 1 agroforestry can importantly contribute to the eu. Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems is one such littlestudied aspect. Abating climate change and feeding the world through soil carbon sequestration. Agroforestry parklands are a common landuse in ethiopia and many parts of the tropics. However, c sequestration in both tree biomass and soil has not been extensively studied for parklands o f the central rift valley crv, ethiopia. Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry practices in the lormiere river watershed in quebec prepared for the greenhouse gas mitigation program for canadian agriculture agriculture and agrifood canada november 2008. The majority of carbon projects in subsaharan africa are offered only for forestation afforestation and reforestation projects, leaving out other important sink activities relevant to smallholders such as agroforestry and carbon sequestration in. The extent of c sequestered in any agroforestry system will depend on a number of sitespecific biological, climatic, soil, and management factors. With proven carbon capture technologies, carbon may be sequestered into longterm crops, soils, and unmanaged habitats. Vegetation structure, carbon sequestration potential and species. Carbon capture technology 12 methods that can be incorporated. A timetested example of sustainable agroforestry, b. Utilising hedgerows for landscape scale carbon sequestration.
Although organized research in agroforestry started more than two decades ago, quantitative data are rareif not nonexistenton several aspects of it. Estimation of soil organic carbon pool in agroforestry land use in uttarakhand state m. Carbon sequestration and biomass production rates from. Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry practices in. Accounting for agroforestry carbon pools for ghg mitigation efforts, it is the flux or difference in a carbon pool as affected by a shift in management practices that must be accounted for.
Conversion of degraded agricultural landscapes to a smallholder. Flailed, narrow 77% hedges organic carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems. For eastern africa, the carbon sequestration rate per hectare per year kg c ha1 year1 ranged from 5003,000, encompassing agroforestry e. Losses of carbon c stocks in terrestrial ecosystems and increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are challenges. An analysis of forestry carbon sequestration as a response to. Udawatta rp, jose s 2011 carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry practices in temperate north america. Mar 15, 2018 for eastern africa, the carbon sequestration rate per hectare per year kg c ha1 year1 ranged from 5003,000, encompassing agroforestry e. Farmer field school under trees for global benefits project.
Agroforestry has come of age forcefully during the past three decades, when the production and sustainability attributes of agroforestry systems afs have received increasing recognition in a variety of circumstances nair, 2007, nair et al. Further information on this topic is available on the forest science database. At the centre of agroforestry innovation and adoption is the agroforestry tree or shrub that provides products and services such as fruit, fodder, firewood, timber, medicine, soil fertility, shade, erosion control and carbon sequestration. While the underlying mechanisms too are similar, they may manifest themselves differently in different systems depending on systemspecific characteristics. The conversion from pasturegrassland to agroforestry produced soil organic carbon increases of approximately 10 percent, on average. Agroforestry systems could also contribute to carbon sequestration and reducing emissions when burning is avoided. Soil organic carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems.
It is a compendium of original research articles, case studies, and regional overviews and summarizes the current state of knowledge on carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems. Mutuo p, cadisch g, albrecht a, palm c, verchot l 2005 potential of agroforestry for carbon sequestration and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from soils in the tropics. Carbon sequestration through agroforestry in indigenous. Valuing the technical carbon sequestration potential of.
Agroforestry is being practiced in the midhills of nepal for the requirement of daily needs like fodder, food and fuel as a substitute to forests. Agroforestry refers to the production of crop, livestock, and tree. Potential of agroforestry for carbon sequestration. The study was focused to illustrate the significant potential of improved agroforestry with exotic fodder species on soil carbon sequestration and livelihood of farmer. An analysis of forestry carbon sequestration as a response to climate change acknowledgement. Agroforestry systems may play an important role in mitigating climate change, having the ability to sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide co2 in plant parts and soil. Sink or sourcethe potential of coffee agroforestry. Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry practices in the l. Agroforestry, carbon sequestration, poverty alleviation. Soil carbon sequestration in tropical agroforestry systems. Carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry practices. Agroforestry has importance as a carbon sequestration strategy because of carbon storage potential in its multiple plant species and soil as well as its applicability in agricultural lands and in. Importance of agroforestry systems in carbon sequestration. Cocoa based agroforestry systems are credited for stocking signi.
If agroforestry is to be used in c sequestration schemes such as the clean development mechanisms cdm,better informationisrequiredabout above and belowground c stocks, soil c, and areas under agroforestry practices. Pdf agroforestrythe practice of growing trees and crops in interacting. Carbon sequestration of hedges managed for woodfuel estimate of carbon sequestration from a blackthorn hedge managed on 15 year rotation for woodfuel crossland 2015 belowground c harvestable carbon in woodfuel carbon sequestration kgm2year 0. The paper brings a new empirical insight of carbon sequestration potentials of agroforestry systems with a focus on drylands.
Carbon sequestration from hedgerows on a landscape scale changes in distribution of the different stages of hedge growth will be needed in a landscape area to achieve long term carbon sequestration incremental raising of trimmed height could contribute to this increasing width of hedgerows is an efficacious method to increase. Agroforestry, the practice of incorporating food crops into native forestry systems is increasingly being viewed as a useful tool for carbon sequestration. Carbon sequestration potential of tropical homegardens. Farmer field school under trees for global benefits. Implication of agroforestry system for soil carbon sequestration. Carbon storage benefits of agroforestry systems springerlink. Agroforestry systems can contribute to slowing down those increases and, thus, contribute to climate change mitigation. Agroforestry for biomass production and carbon sequestration. A detailed economical of different alternatives is also in course, to check if the slight reduction of tree growth with silvopastoral management is compensate with the reduction of the costs. Land use policy 2012 valuing the technical carbon sequestration potential of european agroforestry.
Rigueirorodriguez carbon sequestration potential of agroforestry systems in africa 61 eike luedeling, gudeta sileshi, tracy beedy, and johannes dietz soil carbon sequestration in cacao agroforestry systems. As the rate of forest degradation continues to rise, agroforestry may. Carbon sequestration in agroforestry systems sciencedirect. The overall carbon emissions from logging are small on a per hectare scale, and may even be offset by increased rates of sequestration in recovering forest. There is a lot of support for passive carbon capture methods, such as enabling soil sequestration, and. Increases net carbon storage in the soil and vegetation roots, crop residue, leaves and forage add to soil carbon tree component adds to total potential carbon stored on site through long term sequestration in the above ground and below ground biomass. Deforestation and degradation cause the loss of more than just the biodiversity, products and environmental services that forests and trees providecarbon sequestration, stabilization of soils, adaptation to the destructive effects of rising temperatures or a simple, peaceful retreat. In tropical africa, the carbon sequestration benefits of reduced impact logging ril alone are marginal.
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