A5065597817- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Agricultural Economics and Policy
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Spatial and Panel Data Analysis
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Land Rights and Reforms
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
- Forest Management and Policy
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- French Urban and Social Studies
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
- Human Rights and Development
- Soil and Land Suitability Analysis
University of Greenwich
2020-2024
Natural Resources Institute
2023-2024
International Food Policy Research Institute
2012-2020
University of Redlands
2007-2009
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2002-2004
University of Illinois System
2001
Agriculture is considered to be "climate-smart" when it contributes increasing food security, adaptation and mitigation in a sustainable way. This new concept now dominates current discussions agricultural development because of its capacity unite the agendas agriculture, climate change communities under one brand. In this opinion piece authored by scientists from variety international research communities, we argue that needs evaluated critically relationship between three dimensions poorly...
Most business-as-usual scenarios for farming under changing climate regimes project that the agriculture sector will be significantly impacted from increased temperatures and shifting precipitation patterns. Perhaps ironically, agricultural production contributes substantially to problem with yearly greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of about 11% total anthropogenic GHG emissions, not including land use change. It is partly because this tension Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) has attracted...
As countries experience economic growth and choose among available development pathways, they are in a favorable position to adopt natural resource use technologies production practices that favor efficient of inputs, healthy soils, ecosystems. Current emphasis on increasing resilience climate change reducing agricultural greenhouse gasses (GHG) emissions strengthens the support for sustainable production. In fact, losses soil fertility, reclaiming degraded lands, promoting synergistic...
Abstract Climate‐smart agriculture (CSA) is an approach for transforming and reorienting agricultural systems to support food security under climate change. Few studies, however, quantify at the national scale CSA's economic effects or compare CSA input‐intensive technologies, like fertilizer irrigation. Such quantification may help with priority setting among competing investment options. Our study uses integrated biophysical modeling contrast economywide of (integrated soil fertility...
Abstract Climate change will likely affect several of the dimensions that determine people’s food security status in Bangladesh, from crop production to availability and accessibility products. Crop diversification is a form adaptation climate reduces exposure climate-related risks has also been shown increase diet diversity, reduce micronutrient deficiencies, positively agro-ecological systems. Despite these benefits, level Bangladesh remains extremely low, requiring an examination factors...
The literature on whether new roads cause deforestation in developing countries has grown rapidly. However, improvements rather than construction are increasingly common. Renovations undertaken when prior maintenance expenditures have not been adequateor economic or political considerations generate sufficient capital funds. As with construction, the basic outcome of renovation is to lower transport costs. cost reduction often much less that original road development. Hence, potential for...
Keywords: Forest Landscape Restoration1, Land Degradation2, Bonn Challenge3, Food Security4, Climate Change5.Existing approaches and methodologies that investigate effects of land degradation on food security vary greatly. Although a relatively rich body literature investigates localized experiences, geophysical socioeconomic drivers degradation, the costs benefits avoiding already exists, less rigorously explored are global restoring degraded landscapes for health land, climate, world...
Abstract Land‐use change in developing countries is of great interest to policy‐makers and researchers with diverse interests. Concerns about consequences deforestation for global climate biodiversity have received the most publicity, but loss wetlands, declining land productivity watershed management are also problems facing countries. Analyses these especially constrained by lack data. This article reviews modelling approaches data‐constrained environments that involve discrete choice...
The 2015 Paris Agreement was adopted at the twenty-first session of Conference Parties (COP 21) to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In run-up COP 21, most UNFCCC put forward intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs), containing mitigation pledges. These INDCs are now being confirmed as (NDCs), governments formally ratify Agreement. NDCs supposed provide transparent, quantifiable, comparable, and verifiable objectives. However, there is neither...
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is a conceptual framework for responding climate-related risk in across the three pillars of Mitigation, Resilience, and Production. Existing tools have been developed which seek to operationalise CSA concept evaluate benchmark progress; each their own relative strengths weaknesses. The translation this into actionable projects/portfolios hence requires careful evaluation potential trade-offs synergies between these pillars. hereby presented decision-making...
CR Climate Research Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsSpecials 79:39-53 (2019) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/cr01581 The role of risk in context climate change, land use choices and crop production: evidence from Zambia Alessandro De Pinto1,*, Vincent H. Smith2, Richard D. Robertson3 1Environment Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Institute, 1201 Eye Street, NW,...
Land degradation has not been comprehensively addressed at the global level or in developing countries. A suitable economic framework that could guide investments and institutional action is lacking. This study aims to overcome this deficiency provide a for assessment based on consideration of costs versus inaction regarding desertification, land degradation, drought (DLDD). Most studies (mainly limited soil erosion) give cost estimates less than 1 percent up about 10 agricultural gross...