Carbon sequestration through agroforestry in indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico
The importance of agroforestry systems as carbon sinks has recently been recognized due to the need of climate change mitigation. The objective of this study was to compare the carbon content in living biomass, soil (0-10, 10-20, 20-30 cm in depth), dead organic matter between a set of non-agroforestry and agroforestry prototypes in Chiapas, Mexico where the carbon sequestration programme called Scolel'te has been carried out. The prototypes compared were: traditional maize (rotational prototype with pioneer native trees evaluated in the crop period), Taungya (maize with timber trees), improved fallow, traditional fallow (the last three rotational prototypes in the crop-free period), Inga-shade-organic coffee, polyculture-shade organic coffee, polyculture-non-organic coffee, pasture without trees, pasture with live fences, and pasture with scattered trees. Taungya and improved fallow were designed agroforestry prototypes, while the others were reproduced traditional systems.
Main Authors: | Soto Pinto, Lorena 1958- Doctora autora 5454, Anzueto Martínez, Manuel de Jesús Licenciado autor 8366, Mendoza Vega, Jorge Doctor autor 2016, Jiménez Ferrer, Guillermo Doctor autor 7948, De Jong, Bernardus Hendricus Jozeph Doctor autor 2038 |
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Format: | Texto biblioteca |
Language: | eng |
Subjects: | Captura de carbono, Cambio climático, Café orgánico, Maíz, Forraje, Sistemas agroforestales, Artfrosur, |
Online Access: | https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10457-009-9247-5.pdf |
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