Enabling food security by verifying agricultural carbon

H Kahiluoto; P Smith; D Moran; JE Olesen

doi:10.1038/nclimate2209

Enabling food security by verifying agricultural carbon

H Kahiluoto, P Smith, D Moran, JE Olesen

Rural Development & Food Marketing

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Abstract

Rewarding smallholders for sequestering carbon in agricultural land can improve food security while mitigating climate change. Verification of carbon offsets in food-insecure regions is possible and achievable through rigorously controlled monitoring.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	309 - 311
Number of pages	3
Journal	Nature Climate Change
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2209
Publication status	First published - 2014

Bibliographical note

1024829

Keywords

Carbon offsets
Carbon sequestration
Climate change
Smallholders

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10.1038/nclimate2209

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