Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils

The purpose of this report is to improve the knowledge base for facilitating investments in land management technologies that sequester soil organic carbon. While there are many studies on soil carbon sequestration, there is no single unifying volume that synthesizes knowledge on the impact of different land management practices on soil carbon sequestration rates across the world. A meta-analysis was carried out to provide soil carbon sequestration rates in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. This is one important element in decision-making for sustainable agricultural intensification, agro-ecosystems resilience, and comprehensive assessments of greenhouse mitigation potentials of Sustainable Land Management (SLM) practices. Furthermore, the ecosystem simulation modeling technique was used to predict future carbon storage in global cropland soils. Last, marginal abatement cost curves and trade-off graphs were used to assess the cost-effectiveness of the technologies in carbon sequestration. The remainder of the report is organized as follows. Chapter two provides a brief review of soil organic carbon dynamics and the methods for soil carbon assessment. The chapter concludes with brief information on carbon assessment in The World Bank's sustainable land management projects portfolio. Chapter three reports the increase in soil carbon for selected sustainable land management practices in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Chapter four reports the estimates from ecosystem simulation, while chapter five concludes with the benefits and costs of adopting carbon sequestering practices and a discussion of policy options to support climate smart agriculture in developing countries. The report will provide a broad perspective to natural resource managers and other professionals involved in scaling up Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA).

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2012-05
Subjects:	ABSORPTION, AERATION, AFFORESTATION, AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL SOILS, AGRICULTURE, ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS, ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, ANTHROPOGENIC CARBON DIOXIDE, ATMOSPHERE, ATMOSPHERIC CARBON, ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE, ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE CONCENTRATION, ATMOSPHERIC INCREASE, BARRIERS TO ADOPTION, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY PROTECTION, BIOENERGY, BIOGEOCHEMISTRY, BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY, BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES, BIOLOGY, BIOMASS, BIOMASS BURNING, BIOMASS CARBON, BIOSPHERE, BOREAL FORESTS, CARBON, CARBON ACCOUNTING, CARBON ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, CARBON ASSESSMENT, CARBON ASSESSMENTS, CARBON BALANCE, CARBON BENEFITS, CARBON BUDGET, CARBON CHANGES, CARBON CONTENT, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON DIOXIDE ABATEMENT, CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS, CARBON DIOXIDE EQUIVALENT, CARBON DYNAMICS, CARBON EMISSION, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON FINANCE, CARBON FLUX, CARBON IN BIOMASS, CARBON IN SOILS, CARBON INPUT, CARBON LOSS, CARBON MITIGATION, CARBON MONITORING, CARBON OFFSET, CARBON POOL, CARBON POOLS, CARBON PROJECTS, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON SEQUESTRATION CAPACITY, CARBON SEQUESTRATION POTENTIAL, CARBON SINK, CARBON SOURCES, CARBON STOCK, CARBON STOCK CHANGES, CARBON STOCKS, CARBON STORAGE, CARBON STORES, CARBONATES, CELLULOSE, CLASSIFICATION, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CLIMATE CONDITIONS, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CO, CO2, COAL, COLORS, COMBUSTION, CONSERVATION, CONSTRUCTION, COST OF CARBON, CROP PRODUCTION, CROP RESIDUE, CROP RESIDUES, CROPLAND, CROPS, DEFORESTATION, DEGRADED FORESTS, DESERTS, DIFFUSION, DRAINAGE, DROUGHT, ECONOMIC BENEFITS, ECOSYSTEM, EMISSION SCENARIOS, EMISSION TRENDS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE, EMISSIONS OF METHANE, ENERGY SOURCES, ENERGY USE, ENTERIC FERMENTATION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, EROSION, EROSION CONTROL, FERTILIZERS, FIELD MEASUREMENTS, FISHERIES, FLOODS, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOREST, FOREST CARBON MONITORING, FOREST LAND, FOREST LAND USE, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FOREST RESOURCES, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUEL, FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS, FOSSIL FUELS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FRESHWATER, GHG, GHGS, GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE, GLOBAL CARBON PROJECT, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS, GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GLOBAL WARMING, GRAPHITE, GRASSES, GRASSLANDS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION, GREENHOUSE GASES, GREENHOUSE MITIGATION, GROUND CARBON, GROUNDWATER, GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, HABITATS, HYDROSPHERE, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INCOME, INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE REGIME, IPCC, LAND AREA, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND TENURE, LEACHING, MANURE, MARGINAL ABATEMENT, MARGINAL ABATEMENT COST, METHANE, METHANE EMISSIONS, MITIGATION POTENTIAL, NATIONAL FOREST CARBON, NATIONAL GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY, NATURAL ECOSYSTEMS, NATURAL FORESTS, NATURAL GAS, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NITRATES, NITROGEN, NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, NITROUS OXIDE, NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS, NITROUS OXIDES, NUTRIENTS, OCEANS, OFFSET PROJECT, OIL, ORGANIC CARBON, ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, ORGANIC MATERIALS, ORGANIC MATTER, OXIDES, PARTICULATE, PASTURES, PE, PEAT, PHOSPHATES, PHOTOSYNTHESIS, PLANT MATERIAL, PLANTATION, PLANTATIONS, PRECIPITATION, RAIN, RAINFALL, RAINWATER, RANGES, REMOTE SENSING, RESERVOIRS, RICE PRODUCTION, ROOT ZONE, SAND, SEDIMENT, SEQUESTRATION ACTIVITIES, SHRUBS, SOIL CARBON, SPECIES, STRATIFICATION, SUBSTRATES, SURFACE RUNOFF, TEMPERATE FORESTS, TEMPERATURE, TERRESTRIAL CARBON, TERRESTRIAL CARBON POOL, TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS, TIN, TOTAL EMISSIONS, TREE PLANTATIONS, TROPICAL DEFORESTATION, TROPICAL FORESTS, TROPICAL REGIONS, TROPICAL ZONES, TROPICS, VEGETATION, VEGETATION CARBON, WASTE, WATER RETENTION, WATERSHED, WETLANDS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/05/16274087/carbon-sequestration-agricultural-soils https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11868
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