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1. Studies from global regions indicate promising avenues for maintaining and increasing soil organic carbon stocks

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Rumpel, Cornelia, Amiraslani, Farshad, Bossio, Deborah, Chenu, Claire, Cardenas, Magali Garcia, Henry, Beverley, Espinoza, Alejandro Fuentes, Koutika., Lydie-Stella, Ladha, Jagdish, Madari, Beata Emoke, Minasny, Budiman, Olaleye, Adesola Ola, Sall, Saidou Nourou, Shirato, Yasuhito, Soussana, Jean-Francois, and Varela-Ortega, Consuelo

Subjects
Environmental Sciences, Soil Sciences, Ecology
Published
2023

2. The role of soil carbon sequestration in enhancing human resilience in tackling global crises including pandemics

Author

Rumpel, Cornelia, Amiraslani, Farshad, Bossio, Deborah, Chenu, Claire, Henry, Beverley, Espinoza, Alejandro Fuentes, Koutika, Lydie-Stella, Ladha, Jagdish, Madari, Beata, Minasny, Budiman, Olaleye, AO, Shirato, Yasuhito, Sall, Saidou Nourou, Soussana, Jean-François, Varela-Ortega, Consuelo, and initiative, The scientific and technical committee of the 4 per 1000

Subjects
Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation, Environmental Sciences, Life on Land, Zero Hunger, Soil sciences
Abstract

Soils have recently received attention in the policy area due to their various connections to climate change, human health and their key role in sustaining human societies in general. In this context, agricultural production and healthy nutritious food are linked to soil health and the diversity of their (micro-)biome, which depend on organic carbon materials as an energy and nutrient source. In this paper, we review the evidence showing that carbon-rich soils improve the resilience of human societies to pandemics and other crises. We indicate pathways for how the loss of soil carbon due to farming could be reversed by transformations within our food systems. Moreover, we argue that soil carbon has a strong role to play in enhancing environmental and human health in addition to mitigating and adapting to climate change. This multifaceted role requires a transdisciplinary dialogue and multi-stakeholder collaboration.

Published
2022

3. Soil carbon science for policy and practice

Author

Bradford, Mark A, Carey, Chelsea J, Atwood, Lesley, Bossio, Deborah, Fenichel, Eli P, Gennet, Sasha, Fargione, Joseph, Fisher, Jonathan RB, Fuller, Emma, Kane, Daniel A, Lehmann, Johannes, Oldfield, Emily E, Ordway, Elsa M, Rudek, Joseph, Sanderman, Jonathan, and Wood, Stephen A

Subjects
Environmental Sciences, Soil Sciences, Climate Action, Engineering, Environmental sciences
Published
2019

4. Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context

Author

Vaarst, Mette, Escudero, Arthur Getz, Chappell, M Jahi, Brinkley, Catherine, Nijbroek, Ravic, Arraes, Nilson AM, Andreasen, Lise, Gattinger, Andreas, De Almeida, Gustavo Fonseca, Bossio, Deborah, and Halberg, Niels

Subjects
Sustainable Cities and Communities, Life on Land, City-region, equity, governance, nourishment, resilience, resource efficiency, Agriculture, Land and Farm Management, Urban and Regional Planning, Political Science, Agronomy & Agriculture
Abstract

Based on urgent needs for food security compounded by a changing climate which impacts and is impacted by agricultural land-use and food distribution practices, we explore the processes of action in implementing agroecological food systems. We identified the following characteristics for an agroecological food system: 1. Minimizing use of external inputs, 2. Extent of internal resource recycling, 3. Resilience, 4. Multifunctionality, 5. Building on complexity and incorporating greater systems integration, 6. Contextuality, 7. Equity and, 8. Nourishment. We focus on the city-region food systems context, concluding with practical drivers for realizing more agroecological food systems in city-region contexts. Agroecological food systems are widely diverse, shaped by context, and achieved through multi-actor planning in rural, peri-urban and urban areas. Application of agroecological food systems in rural–urban contexts emphasize the necessity of diversification, zoning rural–urban landscapes, planning for seasonality in a food systems context, and producing at scale. Rural–urban food systems are a relevant and challenging entry point that provides opportunities for learning how food systems can be shaped for significant positive change. Social organization, community building, common learning, and knowledge creation are crucial for agroecological contextualized food systems, as are the supports from appropriate governing and institutional structures.

Published
2018

6. Mitigating near-term climate change

Author

Wood, Stephen A, primary, Hayhoe, Katharine, additional, Bradford, Mark A, additional, Kuebbing, Sara E, additional, Ellis, Peter, additional, Fuller, Emma, additional, and Bossio, Deborah, additional

Published
2023
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7. Resilience and development : mobilizing for transformation

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Bousquet, Francois, Botta, Aurélie, Alinovi, Luca, Barreteau, Olivier, Bossio, Deborah, Brown, Katrina, Caron, Patrick, Cury, Philippe, d'Errico, Marco, DeClerck, Fabrice, Dessard, Hélène, Kautsky, Elin Enfors, Fabricius, Christo, Folke, Carl, Fortmann, Louise, Hubert, Bernard, Magda, Danièle, Mathevet, Raphael, Norgaard, Richard B., Quinlan, Allyson, and Staver, Charles

Published
2016

8. The role of soil carbon sequestration in enhancing human resilience in tackling global crises including pandemics

Author

Rumpel, Cornelia, primary, Amiraslani, Farshad, additional, Bossio, Deborah, additional, Chenu, Claire, additional, Henry, Beverley, additional, Espinoza, Alejandro Fuentes, additional, Koutika, Lydie-Stella, additional, Ladha, Jagdish, additional, Madari, Beata, additional, Minasny, Budiman, additional, Olaleye, A.O., additional, Shirato, Yasuhito, additional, Sall, Saidou Nourou, additional, Soussana, Jean-François, additional, and Varela-Ortega, Consuelo, additional

Published
2022
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14. Moving beyond organic – A food system approach to assessing sustainable and resilient farming

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Röös, Elin, Bajzelj, Bojana, Weil, Charlotte, Andersson, Erik, Bossio, Deborah, Gordon, Line J., Röös, Elin, Bajzelj, Bojana, Weil, Charlotte, Andersson, Erik, Bossio, Deborah, and Gordon, Line J.

Abstract

Organic farming aims to minimize negative impacts on the local environment, but its contributions to global food sustainability also depend on a resilient food supply. We studied a farm aiming to move beyond organic and become “a sustainable farm of the future”, in the farmer’s own words. This meant going beyond local impacts to consider how the farm could contribute to global food security by transitioning to production of more crops for direct human consumption. Over a five-year period (2015–2019), the farm improved on the food security and resilience indicators included in the assessment (e.g., number of persons fed per hectare, diversity of products, and connections), while producing food at greenhouse gas intensity similar to regional averages. This approach of including global food security aspects along with environmental efficiency and resilience in farm-level sustainability assessments provides a way for farmers to engage as globally responsible biosphere stewards.

Published
2021
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15. Machine learning in space and time for modelling soil organic carbon change

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Heuvelink, Gerard B.M., Angelini, Marcos E., Poggio, Laura, Bai, Zhanguo, Batjes, Niels H., van den Bosch, Rik, Bossio, Deborah, Estella, Sergio, Lehmann, Johannes, Olmedo, Guillermo F., Sanderman, Jonathan, Heuvelink, Gerard B.M., Angelini, Marcos E., Poggio, Laura, Bai, Zhanguo, Batjes, Niels H., van den Bosch, Rik, Bossio, Deborah, Estella, Sergio, Lehmann, Johannes, Olmedo, Guillermo F., and Sanderman, Jonathan

Abstract

Spatially resolved estimates of change in soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks are necessary for supporting national and international policies aimed at achieving land degradation neutrality and climate change mitigation. In this work we report on the development, implementation and application of a data-driven, statistical method for mapping SOC stocks in space and time, using Argentina as a pilot. We used quantile regression forest machine learning to predict annual SOC stock at 0–30 cm depth at 250 m resolution for Argentina between 1982 and 2017. The model was calibrated using over 5,000 SOC stock values from the 36-year time period and 35 environmental covariates. We preprocessed normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) dynamic covariates using a temporal low-pass filter to allow the SOC stock for a given year to depend on the NDVI of the current as well as preceding years. Predictions had modest temporal variation, with an average decrease for the entire country from 2.55 to 2.48 kg C m−2 over the 36-year period (equivalent to a decline of 211 Gg C, 3.0% of the total 0–30 cm SOC stock in Argentina). The Pampa region had a larger estimated SOC stock decrease from 4.62 to 4.34 kg C m−2 (5.9%) during the same period. For the 2001–2015 period, predicted temporal variation was seven-fold larger than that obtained using the Tier 1 approach of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Prediction uncertainties turned out to be substantial, mainly due to the limited number and poor spatial and temporal distribution of the calibration data, and the limited explanatory power of the covariates. Cross-validation confirmed that SOC stock prediction accuracy was limited, with a mean error of 0.03 kg C m−2 and a root mean squared error of 2.04 kg C m−2. In spite of the large uncertainties, this work showed that machine learning methods can be used for space–time SOC mapping and may yield valuable information to lan

Published
2021

16. Towards a global-scale soil climate mitigation strategy.

Author

UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate, Amelung, Wulf, Bossio, Deborah, de Vries, Wim, Kögel-Knabner, Ingrid, Lehmann, Johannes, Amundson, Ronald, Bol, Roland, Collins, Chris, Lal, Rattan, Leifeld, Jens, Minasny, Budiman, Pan, Gengxing, Paustian, Keith, Rumpel, Cornélia, Sanderman, Jonathan, van Groenigen, Jan Willem, Mooney, Sian, Van Wesemael, Bas, Wander, Michelle, Chabbi, Abad, UCL - SST/ELI/ELIC - Earth & Climate, Amelung, Wulf, Bossio, Deborah, de Vries, Wim, Kögel-Knabner, Ingrid, Lehmann, Johannes, Amundson, Ronald, Bol, Roland, Collins, Chris, Lal, Rattan, Leifeld, Jens, Minasny, Budiman, Pan, Gengxing, Paustian, Keith, Rumpel, Cornélia, Sanderman, Jonathan, van Groenigen, Jan Willem, Mooney, Sian, Van Wesemael, Bas, Wander, Michelle, and Chabbi, Abad

Abstract

Sustainable soil carbon sequestration practices need to be rapidly scaled up and implemented to contribute to climate change mitigation. We highlight that the major potential for carbon sequestration is in cropland soils, especially those with large yield gaps and/or large historic soil organic carbon losses. The implementation of soil carbon sequestration measures requires a diverse set of options, each adapted to local soil conditions and management opportunities, and accounting for site-specific trade-offs. We propose the establishment of a soil information system containing localised information on soil group, degradation status, crop yield gap, and the associated carbon-sequestration potentials, as well as the provision of incentives and policies to translate management options into region- and soil-specific practices.

Published
2020

18. Aligning evidence generation and use across health, development, and environment

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Tallis, Heather, Kreis, Katharine, Olander, Lydia P., Ringler, Claudia, Ameyaw, David, Borsuk, Mark E., Fletschner, Diana, Game, Edward, Gilligan, Daniel O., Jeuland, Marc, Kennedy, Gina, Masuda, Yuta J., Mehta, Sumi, Miller, Nicholas, Parker, Megan, Pollino, Carmel, Rajaratnam, Julie, Wilkie, David, Zhang, Wei, Ahmed, Selena, Ajayi, Oluyede C., Alderman, Harold, Arhonditsis, George, Azevedo, Ines, Badola, Ruchi, Bailis, Rob, Balvanera, Patricia, Barbour, Emily, Bardini, Mark, Barton, David N., Baumgartner, Jill, Benton, Tim G., Bobrow, Emily, Bossio, Deborah, Bostrom, Ann, Braimoh, Ademola, Brondizio, Eduardo, Brown, Joe, Bryant, Benjamin P., Calder, Ryan S. D., Chaplin-Kramer, Becky, Cullen, Alison, DeMello, Nicole, Dickinson, Katherine L., Ebi, Kristie L., Eves, Heather E., Fanzo, Jessica, Ferraro, Paul J., Fisher, Brendan, Frongillo, Edward A., Galford, Gillian, Garrity, Dennis, Gatere, Lydiah, Grieshop, Andrew P., Grigg, Nicola J., Groves, Craig, Gugerty, Mary Kay, Hamm, Michael, Hou, Xiaoyue, Huang, Cindy, Imhoff, Marc, Jack, Darby, Jones, Andrew D., Kelsey, Rodd, Kothari, Monica, Kumar, Ritesh, Lachat, Carl, Larsen, Ashley E., Lawrence, Mark, DeClerck, Fabrice, Levin, Phillip S., Mabaya, Edward, Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald, McDonald, Robert, Mace, Georgina, Maertens, Ricardo, Mangale, Dorothy, Martino, Robin, Mason, Sara A., Mehta, Lyla, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, Merz, Barbara, Msangi, Siwa, Murray, Grant, Murray, Kris A., Naude, Celeste E., Newlands, Nathaniel K., Nkonya, Ephraim, Peterman, Amber, Petruney, Tricia, Possingham, Hugh, Puri, Jyotsna, Remans, Roseline, Remlinger, Lisa, Ricketts, Taylor H., Reta, Bedilu, Robinson, Brian E., Roe, Dilys, Rosenthal, Joshua, Shen, Guofeng, Shindell, Drew, Stewart-Koster, Ben, Sunderland, Terry, Sutherland, William J., Tewksbury, Joshua, Wasser, Heather, Wear, Stephanie, Webb, Chris, Whittington, Dale, Wilkerson, Marit, Wittmer, Heidi, Wood, Benjamin DK K., Wood, Stephen, Wu, Joyce, Yadama, Gautam, Zobrist, Stephanie, Tallis, Heather, Kreis, Katharine, Olander, Lydia P., Ringler, Claudia, Ameyaw, David, Borsuk, Mark E., Fletschner, Diana, Game, Edward, Gilligan, Daniel O., Jeuland, Marc, Kennedy, Gina, Masuda, Yuta J., Mehta, Sumi, Miller, Nicholas, Parker, Megan, Pollino, Carmel, Rajaratnam, Julie, Wilkie, David, Zhang, Wei, Ahmed, Selena, Ajayi, Oluyede C., Alderman, Harold, Arhonditsis, George, Azevedo, Ines, Badola, Ruchi, Bailis, Rob, Balvanera, Patricia, Barbour, Emily, Bardini, Mark, Barton, David N., Baumgartner, Jill, Benton, Tim G., Bobrow, Emily, Bossio, Deborah, Bostrom, Ann, Braimoh, Ademola, Brondizio, Eduardo, Brown, Joe, Bryant, Benjamin P., Calder, Ryan S. D., Chaplin-Kramer, Becky, Cullen, Alison, DeMello, Nicole, Dickinson, Katherine L., Ebi, Kristie L., Eves, Heather E., Fanzo, Jessica, Ferraro, Paul J., Fisher, Brendan, Frongillo, Edward A., Galford, Gillian, Garrity, Dennis, Gatere, Lydiah, Grieshop, Andrew P., Grigg, Nicola J., Groves, Craig, Gugerty, Mary Kay, Hamm, Michael, Hou, Xiaoyue, Huang, Cindy, Imhoff, Marc, Jack, Darby, Jones, Andrew D., Kelsey, Rodd, Kothari, Monica, Kumar, Ritesh, Lachat, Carl, Larsen, Ashley E., Lawrence, Mark, DeClerck, Fabrice, Levin, Phillip S., Mabaya, Edward, Gibson, Jacqueline MacDonald, McDonald, Robert, Mace, Georgina, Maertens, Ricardo, Mangale, Dorothy, Martino, Robin, Mason, Sara A., Mehta, Lyla, Meinzen-Dick, Ruth, Merz, Barbara, Msangi, Siwa, Murray, Grant, Murray, Kris A., Naude, Celeste E., Newlands, Nathaniel K., Nkonya, Ephraim, Peterman, Amber, Petruney, Tricia, Possingham, Hugh, Puri, Jyotsna, Remans, Roseline, Remlinger, Lisa, Ricketts, Taylor H., Reta, Bedilu, Robinson, Brian E., Roe, Dilys, Rosenthal, Joshua, Shen, Guofeng, Shindell, Drew, Stewart-Koster, Ben, Sunderland, Terry, Sutherland, William J., Tewksbury, Joshua, Wasser, Heather, Wear, Stephanie, Webb, Chris, Whittington, Dale, Wilkerson, Marit, Wittmer, Heidi, Wood, Benjamin DK K., Wood, Stephen, Wu, Joyce, Yadama, Gautam, and Zobrist, Stephanie

Abstract

Although health, development, and environment challenges are interconnected, evidence remains fractured across sectors due to methodological and conceptual differences in research and practice. Aligned methods are needed to support Sustainable Development Goal advances and similar agendas. The Bridge Collaborative, an emergent research-practice collaboration, presents principles and recommendations that help harmonize methods for evidence generation and use. Recommendations were generated in the context of designing and evaluating evidence of impact for interventions related to five global challenges (stabilizing the global climate, making food production sustainable, decreasing air pollution and respiratory disease, improving sanitation and water security, and solving hunger and malnutrition) and serve as a starting point for further iteration and testing in a broader set of contexts and disciplines. We adopted six principles and emphasize three methodological recommendations: (1) creation of compatible results chains, (2) consideration of all relevant types of evidence, and (3) evaluation of strength of evidence using a unified rubric. We provide detailed suggestions for how these recommendations can be applied in practice, streamlining efforts to apply multi-objective approaches and/or synthesize evidence in multidisciplinary or transdisciplinary teams. These recommendations advance the necessary process of reconciling existing evidence standards in health, development, and environment, and initiate a common basis for integrated evidence generation and use in research, practice, and policy design.

Published
2019
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19. Impact of carbon and flooding on the metabolic diversity of microbial communities in soils

Author

Bossio, Deborah A. and Scow, Kate M.

Subjects
Soil microbiology -- Environmental aspects, Microbial metabolism -- Research, Soils -- Carbon content, Soil moisture -- Research, Biological sciences
Abstract

Flooding and a rise in soil carbon source do not influence the carbon and nitrogen fractions of the biomass of soil microbial community, whereas the active bacterial population and respiration rate increase. This response does not vary with soil type. But flooding and additional carbon input induce a change in the pattern of utilization of specific carbohydrates in the substrate. This results in a decreased metabolic diversity of the soil microbial community which is corroborated by Biolog microplate analysis.

Published
1995

20. Evidence Synthesis as the Basis for Decision Analysis: A Method of Selecting the Best Agricultural Practices for Multiple Ecosystem Services

Author

Shackelford, Gorm E., primary, Kelsey, Rodd, additional, Sutherland, William J., additional, Kennedy, Christina M., additional, Wood, Stephen A., additional, Gennet, Sasha, additional, Karp, Daniel S., additional, Kremen, Claire, additional, Seavy, Nathaniel E., additional, Jedlicka, Julie A., additional, Gravuer, Kelly, additional, Kross, Sara M., additional, Bossio, Deborah A., additional, Muñoz-Sáez, Andrés, additional, LaHue, Deirdre G., additional, Garbach, Kelly, additional, Ford, Lawrence D., additional, Felice, Mark, additional, Reynolds, Mark D., additional, Rao, Devii R., additional, Boomer, Kathleen, additional, LeBuhn, Gretchen, additional, and Dicks, Lynn V., additional

Published
2019
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21. The Business Case for Investing in Soil Health

Author

Bos, Gerard, Davies, Jessica, Bossio, Deborah, Vidal, Alain, Vermeulen, Sonja, Bos, Gerard, Davies, Jessica, Bossio, Deborah, Vidal, Alain, and Vermeulen, Sonja

Published
2018

22. Exploring the concept of agroecological food systems in a city-region context.

Author

Vaarst, Mette, Escudero, Arthur Getz, Chappell, M. Jahi, Brinkley, Catherine, Nijbroek, Ravic, Arraes, Nilson A.M., Andreasen, Lise, Gattinger, Andreas, De Almeida, Gustavo, Bossio, Deborah, Halberg, Niels, Vaarst, Mette, Escudero, Arthur Getz, Chappell, M. Jahi, Brinkley, Catherine, Nijbroek, Ravic, Arraes, Nilson A.M., Andreasen, Lise, Gattinger, Andreas, De Almeida, Gustavo, Bossio, Deborah, and Halberg, Niels

Abstract

Based on urgent needs for food security compounded by a changing climate which impacts and is impacted by agricultural land-use and food distribution practices, we explore the processes of action in implementing agroecological food systems. We identified the following characteristics for an agroecological food system: 1. Minimizing use of external inputs, 2. Extent of internal resource recycling, 3. Resilience, 4. Multifunctionality, 5.Building on complexity and incorporating greater systems integration,6. Contextuality, 7. Equity and, 8. Nourishment. We focus on the city-region food systems context, concluding with practical drivers for realizing more agroecological food systems in cityregion contexts. Agroecological food systems are widely diverse,shaped by context, and achieved through multi-actor planning in rural, peri-urban and urban areas. Application of agroecological food systems in rural–urban contexts emphasize the necessity of diversification, zoning rural–urban landscapes, planning for seasonality in a food systems context, and producing at scale. Rural– urban food systems are a relevant and challenging entry point that provides opportunities for learning how food systems can be shaped for significant positive change. Social organization, community building, common learning, and knowledge creation are crucial for agroecological contextualized food systems, as are the support from appropriate governing and institutional structures.

Published
2017

24. Global Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on Agricultural Land : The contribution of agroforestry to global and national carbon budgets

Author

Zomer, Robert J., Neufeldt, Henry, Xu, Jianchu, Ahrends, Antje, Bossio, Deborah, Trabucco, Antonio, Van Noordwijk, Meine, Wang, Mingcheng, Zomer, Robert J., Neufeldt, Henry, Xu, Jianchu, Ahrends, Antje, Bossio, Deborah, Trabucco, Antonio, Van Noordwijk, Meine, and Wang, Mingcheng

Abstract

Agroforestry systems and tree cover on agricultural land make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, but are not systematically accounted for in either global carbon budgets or national carbon accounting. This paper assesses the role of trees on agricultural land and their significance for carbon sequestration at a global level, along with recent change trends. Remote sensing data show that in 2010, 43% of all agricultural land globally had at least 10% tree cover and that this has increased by 2% over the previous ten years. Combining geographically and bioclimatically stratified Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 1 default estimates of carbon storage with this tree cover analysis, we estimated 45.3 PgC on agricultural land globally, with trees contributing >75%. Between 2000 and 2010 tree cover increased by 3.7%, resulting in an increase of >2 PgC (or 4.6%) of biomass carbon. On average, globally, biomass carbon increased from 20.4 to 21.4 tC ha-1. Regional and country-level variation in stocks and trends were mapped and tabulated globally, and for all countries. Brazil, Indonesia, China and India had the largest increases in biomass carbon stored on agricultural land, while Argentina, Myanmar, and Sierra Leone had the largest decreases.

Published
2016

25. Agricultural ecosystems and their services: The vanguard of sustainability?

Author

DeClerck, Fabrice; Jones, S.K.; Attwood, S.; Bossio, Deborah; Girvetz, E.; Chaplin-Kramer, B.; Enfors, E.; Fremier, A.K.; Gordon, L.J.; Kizito, F.; Lopez Noriega, I.; Matthews, Nathanial; McCartney, Matthew; Meacham, M.; Noble, Andrew; Quintero, M.; Remans, Roseline; Soppe, Richard; Willemen, L.; Wood, S. L. R.; Zhang, Wei, http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2933-6275 Zhang, Wei, DeClerck, Fabrice; Jones, S.K.; Attwood, S.; Bossio, Deborah; Girvetz, E.; Chaplin-Kramer, B.; Enfors, E.; Fremier, A.K.; Gordon, L.J.; Kizito, F.; Lopez Noriega, I.; Matthews, Nathanial; McCartney, Matthew; Meacham, M.; Noble, Andrew; Quintero, M.; Remans, Roseline; Soppe, Richard; Willemen, L.; Wood, S. L. R.; Zhang, Wei, and http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2933-6275 Zhang, Wei

Abstract

PR, IFPRI3; ISI; CRP5; A Ensuring Sustainable food production; E Building Resilience, EPTD, CGIAR Research Program on Water, Land and Ecosystems (WLE)

Published
2016

27. Water Implications of Foreign Direct Investment in Ethiopia's Agricultural Sector

Author

Bossio, Deborah, Erkossa, Teklu, Dile, Yihun, McCartney, Matthew, Killiches, Franziska, and Hoff, Holger

Subjects
land tenure and use, Land Tenure & Use, water management, Water Resource & Irrigation, institutions, livelihoods, biofuels
Abstract

"Ethiopia is often highlighted as a country in which a lot of foreign land acquisition is occurring. The extent to which these investments also constitute significant acquisitions of water is the subject of this paper. It is apparent that water availability is a strong driver of the recent surge of investments in agricultural land globally, and in general the investments occur in countries with significant 'untapped' water resources. Ethiopia is no exception. We propose that the perception of unused and abundant water resources, as captured in dominant narratives, that drives and justifies both foreign and domestic investments, fails to reflect the more complex reality on the ground. Based on new collections of lease information and crop modelling, we estimate the potential additional water use associated with foreign investments at various scales. As a consequence of data limitations our analyses provide only crude estimates of consumptive water use and indicate a wide range of possible water consumption depending on exactly how foreign direct investment (FDI) development scenarios unfold. However, they do suggest that if all planned FDI schemes are implemented and expanded in the near future, additional water consumption is likely to be comparable with existing water use in non-FDI irrigation schemes, and a non-trivial proportion of the country???s water resources will be effectively utilised by foreign entities. Hence, additional water use as well as local water scarcity ought to be strong considerations in regulating or pricing land leases. If new investments are to increase local food and water security without compromising local and downstream water availability they should be designed to improve often very low agricultural water productivity, and to safeguard access of local populations to water."

Published
2012

30. Trees and water: smallholder agroforestry on irrigated lands in Northern India

Author

Zomer, Robert J., Bossio, Deborah A., Trabucco, Antonio, Yuanjie, Li, Gupta, Diwan C., and Singh, Virendra P.

Subjects
Trees / Populus deltoids / Agroforestry / Afforestation / Reforestation / Models / Water use / Water balance / Evapotranspiration / Precipitation / Remote sensing / Irrigation requirements / India
Published
2007

32. An integrated agro-ecosystem and livelihood systems approach for the poor and vulnerable in dry areas

Author

van Ginkel, Maarten; Sayer, Jeff; Sinclair, Fergus; Aw-Hassan, Aden; Bossio, Deborah; Craufurd, Peter; El Mourid, Mohammed; Haddad, Nasri; Hoisington, David; Johnson, Nancy L.; Velarde, Carlos León; Mares, Víctor; Mude, Andrew; Nefzaoui, Ali; Noble, Andrew; Rao, K. P. C.; Serraj, Rachid; Tarawali, Shirley; Vodouhe, Raymond; Ortiz, Rodomiro and van Ginkel, Maarten; Sayer, Jeff; Sinclair, Fergus; Aw-Hassan, Aden; Bossio, Deborah; Craufurd, Peter; El Mourid, Mohammed; Haddad, Nasri; Hoisington, David; Johnson, Nancy L.; Velarde, Carlos León; Mares, Víctor; Mude, Andrew; Nefzaoui, Ali; Noble, Andrew; Rao, K. P. C.; Serraj, Rachid; Tarawali, Shirley; Vodouhe, Raymond; Ortiz, Rodomiro

Abstract

PR, IFPRI3; ISI; CRP4, A4NH, CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)

Published
2013

33. White Paper on the First Open Meeting of the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) Held in London, England, 30 March 2012

Author

Ramirez, Kelly S., Bardgett, Richard D., Fricks, Barbara, Montanarella, Luca, Six, Johan, van der Putten, Wim H, Wall, Diana H., Ameloot, Nele, Ayuke, Fredrick, Banwart, Steven A., Bignell, David E., Black, Helaina, Bossio, Deborah, Bruckman, Viktor J., Brussaard, Lijbert, Campbell, Colin, Campbell, Kathryn, Soares de Carvalho, Teotonio, Cooper, Julia M., Coutinho, Heitor, L.C., Goulding, Keith W.T., Griffiths, Robert I., Harris, Jim, Hopkins, David W., Houskova, Beata, Jehne, Walter, Lemanceau, Philippe, Lindo, Zoe, Murray, Phil, Muscolo, Adele, Ogram, Andrew, Ritz, Karl, Rombke, Jorg, Scow, Kate, de Vries, Franciska T., Wolters, Volkmar, Ramirez, Kelly S., Bardgett, Richard D., Fricks, Barbara, Montanarella, Luca, Six, Johan, van der Putten, Wim H, Wall, Diana H., Ameloot, Nele, Ayuke, Fredrick, Banwart, Steven A., Bignell, David E., Black, Helaina, Bossio, Deborah, Bruckman, Viktor J., Brussaard, Lijbert, Campbell, Colin, Campbell, Kathryn, Soares de Carvalho, Teotonio, Cooper, Julia M., Coutinho, Heitor, L.C., Goulding, Keith W.T., Griffiths, Robert I., Harris, Jim, Hopkins, David W., Houskova, Beata, Jehne, Walter, Lemanceau, Philippe, Lindo, Zoe, Murray, Phil, Muscolo, Adele, Ogram, Andrew, Ritz, Karl, Rombke, Jorg, Scow, Kate, de Vries, Franciska T., and Wolters, Volkmar

Published
2012

34. White Paper on the First Open Meeting of the Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative (GSBI) Held in London, England, 30 March 2012

Author

Ramirez, Kelly, Bardgett, Richard, Fricks, Barbara, Montanarella, Luca, Six, Johan, van der Putten, Wim, Wall, Diana, Ameloot, Nele, Ayuke, Fredrick, Banwart, Steven, Bignell, David, Black, Helaina, Bossio, Deborah, Bruckman, Viktor, Brussaard, Lijbert, Campbell, Colin, Campbell, Kathryn, Soares de Carvalho, Teotonio, Cooper, Julia, Coutinho, Heitor, Goulding, Keith, Griffiths, Robert, Harris, Jim, Hopkins, David, Houskova, Beata, Jehne, Walter, Lemanceau, Philippe, Lindo, Zoe, Murray, Phil, Muscolo, Adele, Ogram, Andrew, Ritz, Karl, Rombke, Jorg, Scow, Kate, De Vries, Franciska, Wolters, Volkmar, Ramirez, Kelly, Bardgett, Richard, Fricks, Barbara, Montanarella, Luca, Six, Johan, van der Putten, Wim, Wall, Diana, Ameloot, Nele, Ayuke, Fredrick, Banwart, Steven, Bignell, David, Black, Helaina, Bossio, Deborah, Bruckman, Viktor, Brussaard, Lijbert, Campbell, Colin, Campbell, Kathryn, Soares de Carvalho, Teotonio, Cooper, Julia, Coutinho, Heitor, Goulding, Keith, Griffiths, Robert, Harris, Jim, Hopkins, David, Houskova, Beata, Jehne, Walter, Lemanceau, Philippe, Lindo, Zoe, Murray, Phil, Muscolo, Adele, Ogram, Andrew, Ritz, Karl, Rombke, Jorg, Scow, Kate, De Vries, Franciska, and Wolters, Volkmar

Published
2012

36. Mapping the links between water, poverty and food security. Report on the Indicators workshop, held at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Wallingford, UK, 16-18 May 2005

Author

Sullivan, Caroline, Vorosmarty, Charles J., Craswell, Eric, Bunn, Stuart, Cline, Sarah, Heidecke, Claudia, Storeygard, Adam, Proussevitch, Alex, Douglas, Ellen, Bossio, Deborah, Gunther, Dirk, Giacomello, Anna Maria, O'Regan, O'Regan, Meigh, Jeremy, Sullivan, Caroline, Vorosmarty, Charles J., Craswell, Eric, Bunn, Stuart, Cline, Sarah, Heidecke, Claudia, Storeygard, Adam, Proussevitch, Alex, Douglas, Ellen, Bossio, Deborah, Gunther, Dirk, Giacomello, Anna Maria, O'Regan, O'Regan, and Meigh, Jeremy

Published
2006

41. Agricultural ecosystems and their services: the vanguard of sustainability?

Author

DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Jones, S.K., Attwood, S., Bossio, Deborah A., Girvetz, Evan H., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Enfors, E., Fremier, Alexander K., Gordon, L.J., Kizito, Fred, Noriega, I.L., Matthews, Nathaniel, McCartney, Matthew P., Meacham, M., Noble, A.D., Quintero, Marcela, Remans, S., Soppe, R., Willemen, L., Wood, S.L.R., Zhang, W., DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Jones, S.K., Attwood, S., Bossio, Deborah A., Girvetz, Evan H., Chaplin-Kramer, Rebecca, Enfors, E., Fremier, Alexander K., Gordon, L.J., Kizito, Fred, Noriega, I.L., Matthews, Nathaniel, McCartney, Matthew P., Meacham, M., Noble, A.D., Quintero, Marcela, Remans, S., Soppe, R., Willemen, L., Wood, S.L.R., and Zhang, W.

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