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Questions & Answers: Knowledge on Climate-Smart Agriculture [PDF]

, 2014
Why do we need climate-smart agriculture? This brief overview answers key questions about Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA): what it is, what makes it different, what are the main elements, and what actions are needed to implement ...
CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations   +1 more
core   +1 more source

The link between the normalized difference vegetation index in major crops and meteorological factors

Agrology
Normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) is frequently used in monitoring of meteorological events. The goal of this study was to establish the relationship between the spatial NDVI with air temperature and precipitation amounts in major crops ...
P. V. Lykhovyd, R. A. Vozhehova, L. M. Hranovska, I. O. Bidnyna   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobile agricultural extension delivery and climate-smart agricultural practices in a time of a pandemic: Evidence from southern Ghana

Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 2023
During the Covid-19 era, Ghana's cocoa sector relied heavily on mobile phone agriculture for extension delivery services, aiming to enhance climate-smart agricultural activities and overcome physical limitations.
Ebenezer Osei Jones, Enoch Kwame Tham-Agyekum, Fred Ankuyi, Daniel Adu Ankrah, Selorm Akaba, Adinam Bahahudeen Shafiwu, Forson Nkrumah Richard   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Properties of peat and other organic soils from temperate European climates: Part I – Physical and chemical characteristics

Geoderma
The chemical and physical properties of peat and other organic soils are key factors controlling hydrological and biogeochemical processes. These properties are highly variable and depend on the botanical composition of the peat-forming species, the ...
Ullrich Dettmann, Bärbel Tiemeyer, Sebastian Heller, Merten Minke, Arndt Piayda, Mareille Wittnebel, Malina Kuwert, Bernd Schemschat, Annelie Säurich, Arne Heidkamp, Stefan Frank   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Polyphenol‐Inspired Materials for Agricultural Applications

Advanced Materials, EarlyView.
This review outlines the use of polyphenol‐inspired materials for sustainable agriculture, highlighting their molecular design, interfacial assembly, structure–property relationships, and prospects toward precision agriculture, climate resilience, ecosystem protection, and circular bioeconomy strategies.
Haofu Liu, Omid Mazaheri, Zhixing Lin, Tianzheng Wang, Jingqu Chen, Yuang Gu, Xia Liang, Deli Chen, Frank Caruso   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

No detectable elevated soil carbon under organic farming in German croplands − results from two soil surveys

Geoderma
Organic farming contributes to multiple environmental targets in agriculture. Long-term field experiments found that organic farming cropland not only emit lower greenhouse gas emissions but can also increase soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks relative to ...
Axel Don, Kimberley Brügge, David Emde, Konstantin Aiteew, Christopher Poeplau   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

N2 and N2O mitigation potential of replacing maize with the perennial biomass crop Silphium perfoliatum—An incubation study

GCB Bioenergy, 2021
Sustainability of biogas production is strongly dependent on soil‐borne greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions during feedstock cultivation. Maize (Zea mays) is the most common feedstock for biogas production in Europe.
Björn Kemmann, Lena Wöhl, Roland Fuß, Stefan Schrader, Reinhard Well, Thorsten Ruf   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Effects of birch encroachment, water table and vegetation on methane emissions from peatland microforms in a rewetted bog

Scientific Reports
This study investigated the influence of vegetation and microforms on methane (CH4) balances of a rewetted bog in north-west Germany. The two study sites are in close proximity on the same former peat extraction area, one dominated by Sphagnum-mosses and
Carla Welpelo, Maren Dubbert, Bärbel Tiemeyer, Claas Voigt, Arndt Piayda   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gender differences in climate-smart adaptation practices amongst bean-producing farmers in Malawi: The case of Linthipe Extension Planning Area

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022
Agriculture is amongst the vulnerable sectors to climate change and its associated impacts. Most women are more vulnerable to the impacts of climate change than men. Climate Smart Agriculture ensures increased productivity thereby enabling food security,
Eileen Bogweh Nchanji, Hilda Kabuli, Victor Onyango Nyamolo, Lutomia Cosmas, Virginia Chisale, Anne Matumba   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source