Feasibility assessment of climate change adaptation options across Africa: an evidence-based review

PA Williams, NP Simpson, E Totin… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Considering the feasibility and effectiveness of adaptation options is essential for guiding
responses to climate change that reduce risk. Here, we assessed the feasibility of adaptation …

[HTML][HTML] Thirty years of water management research for rice in sub-Saharan Africa: Achievement and perspectives

ER Dossou-Yovo, KP Devkota, K Akpoti, A Danvi… - Field Crops …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rice is one of the major staple foods in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and is mainly grown in
three environments: rainfed upland and rainfed and irrigated lowlands. In all rice-growing …

Greenhouse gas emissions in irrigated paddy rice as influenced by crop management practices and nitrogen fertilization rates in eastern Tanzania

PA Mboyerwa, K Kibret, P Mtakwa… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In rice production greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction is an important task for many
countries, Tanzania included. Of global agricultural GHG emitted from rice fields, about 30 …

Soil N2O emissions from specialty crop systems: A global estimation and meta‐analysis

L Li, M Hong, Y Zhang, K Paustian - Global Change Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nitrous oxide (N2O) exacerbates the greenhouse effect and thus global warming.
Agricultural management practices, especially the use of nitrogen (N) fertilizers and …

[HTML][HTML] Soil health and ecosystem services: Lessons from sub-Sahara Africa (SSA)

J Kihara, P Bolo, M Kinyua, SS Nyawira, R Sommer - Geoderma, 2020 - Elsevier
Management practices to improve soil health influence several ecosystem services
including regulation of water flows, changes in soil biodiversity and greenhouse gases that …

[HTML][HTML] Farming systems' typologies analysis to inform agricultural greenhouse gas emissions potential from smallholder rain-fed farms in Kenya

CM Musafiri, JM Macharia, OK Ng'etich, MN Kiboi… - Scientific African, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Most sub-Saharan Africa smallholder farming systems are highly heterogeneous.
Direct quantification of greenhouse gas emissions from these farming systems is hampered …

Greenhouse gas emissions from natural ecosystems and agricultural lands in sub-Saharan Africa: synthesis of available data and suggestions for further research

DG Kim, AD Thomas, D Pelster, TS Rosenstock… - …, 2016 - bg.copernicus.org
This paper summarizes currently available data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from
African natural ecosystems and agricultural lands. The available data are used to synthesize …

Soil greenhouse gas emissions under different land-use types in savanna ecosystems of Kenya

S Wachiye, L Merbold, T Vesala, J Rinne… - …, 2020 - bg.copernicus.org
Field measurement data on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are still scarce for many land-
use types in Africa, causing a high level of uncertainty in GHG budgets. To address this gap …

Cropland intensification mediates the radiative balance of greenhouse gas emissions and soil carbon sequestration in maize systems of sub‐Saharan Africa

J Zheng, A Canarini, K Fujii, WN Mmari… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) must undertake proper cropland intensification for
higher crop yields while minimizing climate impacts. Unfortunately, no studies have …

Validation and field application of a low-cost device to measure CO and evapotranspiration (ET) fluxes

R Macagga, M Asante, G Sossa… - Atmospheric …, 2024 - amt.copernicus.org
Mitigating the global climate crisis and its consequences, such as more frequent and severe
droughts, is one of the major challenges for future agriculture. Therefore, identifying land use …