Organizer: Community of Practice - GIZ and "4 per 1000" Initiative
Date: Mar 25, 2022 Time: 0,625 Time zone: UTC+1:00 | ECT | European Central Time
Duration: 2 hours
Event location: online - Teams
Country: Germany
Description: The practitioners' point of view
Carbon sequestration in nutrient-deprived agricultural soils in SSA seems to hold a great potential to tackle two of the most pressing issues of our time: food insecurity and climate change. Carbon-rich soils increase the resilience of agricultural systems due to their improved water holding capacity, soil aggregation, and nutrient supply and hence, contribute to food security. At the same time, carbon sequestration in soils is regarded as one important nature-based solution to mitigate climate change. Nevertheless, the concepts proposed by scientists, how to improve soil health and soil fertility vary widely, and large discrepancies exist around the need for chemical inputs to quickly increase food and other biomass production. The different approaches might result in potential trade-offs between high levels of crop yields and carbon sequestration. During the two panel discussions, we would like to have a closer look at different land management practices and their synergies and trade-offs regarding climate change mitigation and current and future food production.
Type: Seminar
Keywords: carbon sequestration, climate change mitigation, SSA, tradeoffs, synergies
Event Web page: https://wiki.afris.org/display/4COP2/Upcoming+events
Format: Virtual
Link to the virtual meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YTBiMmEzMTktZTIzMC00NzRmLThkYzItNDYzZjlhOWZhN2E5%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%225bbab28c-def3-4604-8822-5e707da8dba8%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%228522cd94-e8fc-41b9-a796-6eae1cf20167%22%7d
Virtual fair - booth number:
Contact
Julia Klemme
Email: julia.klemme@4p1000.org
