CCAFS MOT: Developing a tool to support policy-‐makers’ decisions about effecAve miAgaAon opAons in agriculture
Diana Feliciano, Dali Nayak, Sylvia Vetter, Jon Hillier
Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen,
23 St Machar Drive, Aberdeen, AB24 3UU, Scotland, UK [email protected]
Ques%on 2: What further informa%on is needed?
Acknowledgements: This work was undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), which is a strategic partnership of CGIAR and Future Earth. This research was carried out with funding by the European Union (EU) and with technical support from the Interna?onal Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). The views expressed in the document cannot be taken to reflect the official opinions of CGIAR, Future Earth, or donors. For more informaAon: hMps://ccafs.cgiar.org/miAgaAon-‐opAons-‐tool-‐agriculture#.VZLB06NwbDD
INTERFACE
Figure 1 – Soil input page
Ques%on 1: Would this tool provide you relevant informa%on to support the decisions you have to make?
General InputRegion
Country Indonesia
Climate Tropical moistIs the climate semiarid or arid No
Soil
CHOOSE Simplified input
choose soil type light soil (e.g. sandy), low SOC
Soil texture CoarseSoil organic C (%) 1.2Soil N content (%) 0.12Soil pH 7Bulk density (g cm-‐3) 1.7
Was there a change?Land use change Arable to Grassland
Results
What dis%nguishes the CCAFS MOT? • It is easy and quick to fill (5-‐10 minutes) • It es?mates the miAgaAon potenAal of several management op?ons • It ranks the miAgaAon opAons according to their mi?ga?on poten?al • It joins several empirical models to es?mate GHG emissions
Interface
227.6 kg.ha-‐1
279.7 kg.ha-‐1 1211
kg.ha-‐1
Fer?lizer produc?on Fer?lizer induced field emissions Methane emissions
Gross emissions
Unit
Per area
1753
kg CO2eq ha-‐1
Per yield
0.351
kg CO2eq kg-‐1
How are we developing it? We have been hos?ng webinars and workshops with na?onal planners, prac??oners, researchers, and CCAFS project leaders from all over the world to refine the tool and to iden?fy the informa?on needed.
-‐2 -‐1.5 -‐1 -‐0.5 0
Reduced Allage
No Allage
Applying ammonium sulphate
Applying straw off-‐season
Use slow release ferAlisers
Balance nitrogen applicaAon
tonnes CO2 equivalent ha-‐1 yr-‐1
Management APPLICATION NOT CHOSEN
Crop type Rice
UnitCrop yield 5 tonnes/haResidue in development
Specific climate categorization for rice
Baseline management
Rice management
Crop duration 100 days
Water managementWater regimePre-‐water regime
Soil management How long are you doing this practice?
Tillage Conventional tillage more than 20 yearsCover cropping Not added more than 20 years
Organic fertilizer
Organic fertilizer CHOOSE Select the type of organic fertilizer (tonnes ha-‐1)
Compost Incorporated Compost (zero emissions) -‐ 1% N 1 1Manure Incorporated Cattle Farmyard manure -‐ 0.6% N 0 0Residue Not incorporated Straw-‐off season 15 1
Synthetic fertilizer
CHOOSE Simplified input1
Simplified fertilizer information
Choose fertilizer amount
Fertilizer Nutrient (kg ha-‐1)Urea -‐ 46.4% N N 148Super phosphate -‐ 21% P2O5 P 74Muriate of potash / Potassium Chloride -‐ 60% K2O K 74
RICE
less than 20 yearsless than 20 yearsless than 20 years
Warm subhumid tropics
Multiple drainageShort drainage
Choose Fertilizer Amount How long are you doing this practice?
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