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Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification
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As efforts to mitigate climate change increase, there is a need to identify cost-effective ways to avoid emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Agriculture is rightly recognized as a source of considerable emissions, with concomitant opportunities for mitigation. Although future agricultural productivity is critical, as it will shape emissions from conversion of native landscapes to food and biofuel crops, investment in agricultural research is rarely mentioned as a mitigation strategy. Here we estimate the net effect on GHG emissions of historical agricultural intensification between 1961 and 2005. We find that while emissions from factors such as fertilizer production and application have increased, the net effect of higher yields has avoided emissions of up to 161 gigatons of carbon (GtC) (590 GtCO 2 e) since 1961. We estimate that each dollar invested in agricultural yields has resulted in 68 fewer kgC (249 kgCO 2 e) emissions relative to 1961 technology ($14.74/tC, or ∼$4/tCO 2 e), avoiding 3.6 GtC (13.1 GtCO 2 e) per year. Our analysis indicates that investment in yield improvements compares favorably with other commonly proposed mitigation strategies. Further yield improvements should therefore be prominent among efforts to reduce future GHG emissions.
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The paper estimates that historical agricultural intensification from 1961 to 2005 avoided large greenhouse gas emissions by sparing land conversion, with an upper estimate of 161 GtC (590 GtCO2e) and a lower-bound estimate of 86.5 GtC. It concludes that investment in yield improvements compares favorably with other mitigation strategies and should be prominent in efforts to reduce future emissions.
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- Yield gains since 1961 avoided 161 GtC (+104.2/−41.9 GtC) in the AW1 scenario, averaging 3.6 GtC/yr (+2.3/−0.9 GtC/yr), equal to 34% of the 478 GtC emitted by humans between 1850 and 2005. The lower-bound AW2 scenario avoided 86.5 GtC (±24.7 GtC), averaging 1.9 GtC/yr (±0.5 GtC/yr), or 18% of that total.
- AW1 would have required an additional 1,761 Mha of cropland (1,514 Mha more than the real world); AW2 would have required an additional 1,111 Mha (864 Mha more than the real world). Land conversion dominated emissions, with a global average of 105 ±21 tC/ha lost in conversion of land to cropland.
- Each dollar invested in agricultural yields resulted in 68 fewer kgC (249 kgCO2e) emissions relative to 1961 technology, at $14.74/tC (∼$4/tCO2e) in AW1 and $27.43/tC in AW2 under the refined estimate; simple estimates were $7.16/tC and $13.32/tC. This compares favorably with other options available at <$73/tC: buildings (1.49 GtC/yr), energy supply (0.49 GtC/yr), transportation (0.46 GtC/yr), and industry (0.30 GtC/yr).
- Context: between 1961 and 2005 population rose 111% (3.08 to 6.51 billion), crop production rose 162% (1.8 to 4.8 billion tons), cropland grew 27% (960 to 1,208 Mha), and total crop yield increased 135% (1.84 to 3.96 t/ha). In 2005 agricultural production accounted for 1.4–1.7 GtC emissions (10–12% of anthropogenic GHG emissions), with land use change adding 1.5 GtC.
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- The authors calculated agricultural GHG emissions for 1961–2005 and two counterfactual “alternative world” scenarios: AW1 held 1961 yields and fertilizer application rates while meeting real-world production and living standards; AW2 maintained 1961 per capita production using population projections based on 1950–1955 fertility and mortality rates.
- Emissions included N2O from agricultural soils, CH4 from rice cultivation, carbon released from biomass and soil during conversion of forest, shrub, and grassland to cropland, and N2O, CH4, and CO2 from production and use of nitrogenous, phosphate, and potash fertilizers. The analysis used FAO production and yield data, IPCC Tier 1 guidelines, GREET emissions factors, biome carbon values, and cropland-only accounting.
- Cost-effectiveness was assessed using public and private agricultural research spending from 1961 to 2005, with assumptions about the fraction of research relevant to yield improvements and the share of productivity growth attributable to agricultural R&D.
Limitations
- Stated: the counterfactual scenarios are not dynamic; AW1 assumes demand for agricultural products would have been identical without yield improvements, ignoring food-price effects (real prices fell by ∼40% between 1965 and 2000), and AW2 is a lower bound with a more dire lower-bound scenario acknowledged.
- Stated: the analysis excludes livestock, burning of agricultural residues, pesticides, fuel use, agricultural machinery, irrigation, transport, pastureland, and biofuels, and neglects projected increases in meat demand as per capita GDP grows; land carbon values carry ±20% uncertainty.
- Evident: results depend on scenario assumptions and broad cost-effectiveness ranges, and the paper notes difficulty identifying hypothetical expansion regions and the portions of agricultural investment relevant to yield improvements.
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“yield gains in agriculture since 1961 have avoided emissions of 86.5 GtC (±24.7 GtC)”
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“In the AW1 scenario, an additional 1,761 Mha of cropland (an area larger than Russia) would have been needed to achieve the same production levels since 1961 while holding yields and fertilizer intensities constant”
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“or 864 Mha more cropland than in the RW”
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“This corresponds to 34% of the total 478 GtC emitted by humans between 1850 and 2005”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Results > AW1 Scenario (Upper Estimates).
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- Not checked yetcites [11] Canadell JG, et al. Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2007;104:18866–18870. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0702737104. [[DOI](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702737104)] [[PMC free article](/articles/PMC2141868/)] [[PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17962418/)] [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=Proc%20Natl%20Acad%20Sci%20USA&title=Contributions%20to%20accelerating%20atmospheric%20CO2%20growth%20from%20economic%20activity,%20carbon%20intensity,%20and%20e source
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“we find that the average carbon content (soil + biomass) of land converted in the AW scenarios (and spared in the RW) to be ~105 tC/ha”
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“we find that yield gains in agriculture since 1961 have avoided emissions of 161 GtC (+104.2/−41.9 GtC)”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Results > AW1 Scenario (Upper Estimates).
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“or an average of 3.6 GtC/yr (+2.3/−0.9 GtC/yr)”
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“or 1,514 Mha more cropland than in the RW”
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“This corresponds to 18% of the total 478 GtC emitted by humans between 1850 and 2005”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Results > AW2 Scenario (Lower Estimates).
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- Not checked yetcites [11] Canadell JG, et al. Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2007;104:18866–18870. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0702737104. [[DOI](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702737104)] [[PMC free article](/articles/PMC2141868/)] [[PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17962418/)] [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=Proc%20Natl%20Acad%20Sci%20USA&title=Contributions%20to%20accelerating%20atmospheric%20CO2%20growth%20from%20economic%20activity,%20carbon%20intensity,%20and%20e source
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“or an average of 1.9 GtC/yr (±0.5 GtC/yr)”
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“Attributing 34% of productivity growth (and thus carbon savings, or ∼36 tC/ha) to agricultural R&D and assuming that 70% of R&D is relevant to farm productivity gives a carbon price of $14.74 in AW1 and $27.43 in AW2 (per metric ton of carbon; plotted triangle).”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Results > Cost of Carbon Savings.
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“Fertilizer use in the AW2 scenario rises from 31 Mt of nutrient to 67 Mt of nutrient, representing the same constant 1961 intensity of 32 kg/ha”
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“The size and cost of this carbon sink (over 45 years, 3.6 +2.3/−0.9 GtC/yr for AW1 and 1.9 ± 0.5 GtC/yr for AW2) compares favorably with other proposed mitigation options available at <$73/tC in buildings (1.49 GtC/yr), energy supply (0.49 GtC/yr), transportation (0.46 GtC/yr), and industry (0.30 GtC/yr)”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Results > Cost of Carbon Savings.
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- Not checked yetcites [36] Barker T, et al. Mitigation from a cross-sectoral perspective. In: Metz B, Davidson O, Bosch P, Dave R, Meyer L, editors. Climate Change 2007: MitigationContribution of Working Group III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press; 2007. pp. 619–690. [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Climate%20Change%202007:%20MitigationContribution%20of%20Working%20Group%20III%20to%20the%20Fourth%20Assessment%20Report%20of%20the%20Intergovernmental%20Panel%20on%20Climate%20Change&author=T%20Barker&p source
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“we assume that the entirety of public and private investment in agriculture between 1961 and 2005 (estimated at $1,152 billion US) contributed to yield gains achieved during that time period.”
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“These two values yield a carbon price for avoided emissions of $7.16 in AW1 and $13.32 in AW2 (per metric ton of carbon; plotted square).”
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“In the RW, total fertilizer use increased to 136 kg/ha, or 165 Mt total”
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“Fertilizer use in the AW1 scenario increases from 31 Mt of nutrient to 88 Mt of nutrient, representing a constant mean annual intensity of 32 kg/ha.”
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“Our estimates agree with those reported previously ([12](#r12), [49](#r49), [50](#r50)).”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Emissions From Agricultural Soils.
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“between 1961–2005, global total area equipped for irrigation increased from 139 Mha to 284 Mha, with 75% of this change in Asia (19% in the Americas and Europe, 4% in Africa, and 1% in Oceania).”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Irrigation Investment.
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“The main components of agricultural emissions outside of land use change are N2O released from soils related to the application of nitrogenous fertilizer (38%), CH4 from livestock enteric fermentation, and CH4 and N2O from manure management (38%), CH4 from cultivation of rice (11%), and CH4 and N2O from burning of savannah, forest, and agricultural residues (13%)”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Abstract
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- Not checked yetcites [12] U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . Global Anthropogenic Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions, 1990–2020. EPA Report 430-R-06-003. Washington, DC: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; 2006. [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Global%20Anthropogenic%20Non-CO2%20Greenhouse%20Gas%20Emissions,%201990%E2%80%932020.%20EPA%20Report%20430-R-06-003.&publication_year=2006&)]
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“it has been estimated that modified rice drainage and straw incorporation practices could reduce global CH4 emissions from rice cultivation by up to 30%”
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“In 2005, agricultural production accounted for 1.4–1.7 gigatons of carbon (GtC) emissions (10–12% of total anthropogenic GHG emissions; 1 GtC = 109 metric tons of carbon), including 0.76 GtC equivalent N2O and 0.90 GtC equivalent CH4”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Abstract
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“Improvement of crop yields should therefore be prominent among a portfolio of strategies to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions”
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“In the same year, land use change (e.g., harvesting of forest products and clearing for agriculture) accounted for an additional 1.5 GtC emissions”
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- Not checked yetcites [11] Canadell JG, et al. Contributions to accelerating atmospheric CO2 growth from economic activity, carbon intensity, and efficiency of natural sinks. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2007;104:18866–18870. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0702737104. [[DOI](https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0702737104)] [[PMC free article](/articles/PMC2141868/)] [[PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17962418/)] [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=Proc%20Natl%20Acad%20Sci%20USA&title=Contributions%20to%20accelerating%20atmospheric%20CO2%20growth%20from%20economic%20activity,%20carbon%20intensity,%20and%20e source
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“Even if yield gains over the next four decades are smaller than those of the previous four decades, the potential to avoid future emissions may be larger and more cost-effective than the 161 GtC of emissions avoided thus far, given that current cropland expansion often occurs in tropical forests and that the remaining forests are carbon-rich relative to many cleared forests”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Discussion > Conclusion.
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“For “land conversion” emissions, we assume that cropland expansion occurred in the same proportions by biome in the AW1 scenario as in the RW, calculated as in previous studies”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Results > AW1 Scenario (Upper Estimates).
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“We assume that land expansion occurred across different biomes at the same percentages as in the RW, and we assume the same uncertainty of ±20% for carbon values.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Emissions Due to Conversion of Land to Cropland.
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“We follow Gibbs et al. ([27](#r27)) and the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 1 GHG emissions calculations guidelines ([47](#r47)) and assume that carbon losses from land converted to cropland occur over 1 year and that carbon sequestration in abandoned cropland occurs over 20 years.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Emissions Due to Conversion of Land to Cropland.
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [27] Gibbs HK, et al. Carbon payback times for crop-based biofuel expansion in the tropics: The effects of changing yield and technology. Environ Res Lett. 2008;3:034001. [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=Environ%20Res%20Lett&title=Carbon%20payback%20times%20for%20crop-based%20biofuel%20expansion%20in%20the%20tropics:%20The%20effects%20of%20changing%20yield%20and%20technology&author=HK%20Gibbs&volume=3&publication_year=2008&pages=034001&)] source
- Not checked yetcites [47] Eggleston S, Buendia L, Miwa K, Ngara T, Tanabe K, editors. 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Hayama, Japan: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies; 2006. [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=2006%20IPCC%20Guidelines%20for%20National%20Greenhouse%20Gas%20Inventories.&publication_year=2006&)]
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“We assume 70% of land converted to cropland is for crops, and 30% for tree plantations based on FAO trends ([1](#r1)), and that land converted for crops results in loss of 25% of soil carbon, and land converted to plantations results in loss of 10% of soil carbon.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Emissions Due to Conversion of Land to Cropland.
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [1] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations statistical database. Available at: <http://faostat.fao.org/>. Accessed June 30, 2009.
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“This scenario thus provides a reasonable lower bound on carbon savings by projecting the 1961 per capita supply forward (i.e., maintaining 1961 living standards without the increase in supply that drove prices down in the RW).”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Abstract
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“We assume that after a conversion to agricultural land, soil organic carbon content remains the same in the RW and AW scenarios.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Soil Organic Carbon Content Over Time.
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“Total RW annual livestock-related GHG emissions in 2004 (including feed production, farm operations, enteric fermentation, manure management, and soil emissions from pasture land and feed crops) have been estimated as ∼1.94 GtC/yr equivalent (∼7.1 GtCO2e/yr), of which ∼0.68 GtC/yr equivalent (∼2.5 GtCO2e/yr) is from land use changes”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Additional Assumptions for the AW2 Scenario.
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [44] Steinfeld H, Gerber P, Wassenaar TD, Castel V, de Haan C. Livestock's Long Shadow: Environmental Issues and Options. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; 2006. [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Livestock's%20Long%20Shadow:%20Environmental%20Issues%20and%20Options&author=H%20Steinfeld&author=P%20Gerber&author=TD%20Wassenaar&author=V%20Castel&author=C%20de%20Haan&publication_year=2006&)]
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“As in the AW1 scenario, we do not include any pesticides, fuel use, or transport in the AW2 calculations.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Additional Assumptions for the AW2 Scenario.
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“Similarly, we assume that burning of agricultural residues is the same in both cases (because total production is the same).”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Additional Assumptions for the AW1 Scenario.
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“Although management practices, such as conservation tillage, can increase soil organic carbon content in both extensive and intensive systems ([15](#r15), [16](#r16)), we do not assume any such gains in the AW scenarios between 1961 and 2005.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Soil Organic Carbon Content Over Time.
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [15] Lal R. Soil carbon sequestration impacts on global climate change and food security. Science. 2004;304:1623–1627. doi: 10.1126/science.1097396. [[DOI](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1097396)] [[PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15192216/)] [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=Science&title=Soil%20carbon%20sequestration%20impacts%20on%20global%20climate%20change%20and%20food%20security&author=R%20Lal&volume=304&publication_year=2004&pages=1623-1627&pmid=15192216&doi=10.1126/science.1097396&)] source
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“We follow the methodology outlined by Yan ([14](#r14), [51](#r51)) to calculate methane emissions from rice cultivation and GHGs from the burning of rice straw.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Rice Cultivation.
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [14] Yan X, Akiyama H, Yagi K, Akimoto H. Global estimations of the inventory and mitigation potential of methane emissions from rice cultivation conducted using the 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change guidelines. Global Biogeochem Cycles. 2009 10.1029/2008GB003299. [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=Global%20Biogeochem%20Cycles&title=Global%20estimations%20of%20the%20inventory%20and%20mitigation%20potential%20of%20methane%20emissions%20from%20rice%20cultivation%20conducted%20using%20the%202006%20Intergovernmental%20Panel%20on%20Climate%20Change%20guideli source
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“We do not explicitly calculate emissions for livestock, burning of agricultural residues, pesticide and fuel use, agricultural machinery, or irrigation in the RW and AW scenarios, but discuss assumptions and potential differences in these sectors below.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Cropland in the AW Scenarios.
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“Specifically, we assume the same crop yields and fertilizer application rates as in 1961, and scale land use and fertilizer production accordingly”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Abstract
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“using a value of $2,000 per ha gives a total cost of $310 billion, or just under 27% of the maximum global total agricultural investment.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Irrigation Investment.
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [54] Inocencio A, et al. Costs and Performance of Irrigation Projects: A Comparison of Sub-Saharan Africa and Other Developing Regions. Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute, Battaramulla; 2007. [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Costs%20and%20Performance%20of%20Irrigation%20Projects:%20A%20Comparison%20of%20Sub-Saharan%20Africa%20and%20Other%20Developing%20Regions.&author=A%20Inocencio&publication_year=2007&)]
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“We use the baseline AW land carbon content assumptions described above, which correspond to a global average of 105 ± 21 tC/ha lost (total, including both biomass and soil carbon losses) in conversion of other types of land to cropland.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Carbon Price Calculation.
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“Thus, we conservatively assume that machinery use and irrigation area remained the same in AW1 and RW.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Additional Assumptions for the AW1 Scenario.
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“Although carbon savings are not the only benefit of agricultural intensification, this analysis can be used to give an upper bound on the value of carbon savings due to agricultural investment.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Carbon Price Calculation.
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“Finally, we do not include any pesticides or fuel use in our analysis, nor do we account for any transport of food in the AW1 scenario.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Additional Assumptions for the AW1 Scenario.
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“We estimate global total public and private agricultural investment values for 1961–2005 from ([30](#r30)).”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Carbon Price Calculation.
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [30] Pardey PG, Beintema N, Dehmer S, Wood S. Agricultural Research: A Growing Global Divide? Washington, DC: Agricultural Science and Technology Indicators Initiative, International Food Policy Research Institute; 2006. [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=Agricultural%20Research:%20A%20Growing%20Global%20Divide?&author=PG%20Pardey&author=N%20Beintema&author=S%20Dehmer&author=S%20Wood&publication_year=2006&)]
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“To calculate emissions from agricultural soils, we follow IPCC Tier 1 GHG inventory guidelines by crop group ([47](#r47)).”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Emissions From Agricultural Soils.
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [47] Eggleston S, Buendia L, Miwa K, Ngara T, Tanabe K, editors. 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Hayama, Japan: Institute for Global Environmental Strategies; 2006. [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=2006%20IPCC%20Guidelines%20for%20National%20Greenhouse%20Gas%20Inventories.&publication_year=2006&)]
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“We assume that livestock populations are the same in the RW and AW1, because total food and feed production do not change, and thus emissions due to enteric fermentation, manure management, and land conversion to grazing land are identical in both scenarios.”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Additional Assumptions for the AW1 Scenario.
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“We assign biomass and soil organic carbon content values to each biome from the literature ([27](#r27)–[29](#r29)), and assume an uncertainty of ±20% in these values, reflective of regional differences”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Results > AW1 Scenario (Upper Estimates).
What the sources say
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“The global population is expected to reach 8.9 billion by 2050, with food demand expected to rise by 70%”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Discussion > Conclusion.
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [42] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations . World Agriculture: Towards 2030/2050. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; 2006. [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?title=World%20Agriculture:%20Towards%202030/2050&publication_year=2006&)]
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“international shipments of food from developed to developing countries would have increased on the order of 30%, and crop area would still have increased by 2.8–4.9% more than it did historically”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Discussion > Implications of AW Scenarios.
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- Not checked yetcites [22] Evenson RE, Gollin D. Assessing the impact of the green revolution, 1960 to 2000. Science. 2003;300:758–762. doi: 10.1126/science.1078710. [[DOI](https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1078710)] [[PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12730592/)] [[Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?journal=Science&title=Assessing%20the%20impact%20of%20the%20green%20revolution,%201960%20to%202000&author=RE%20Evenson&author=D%20Gollin&volume=300&publication_year=2003&pages=758-762&pmid=12730592&doi=10.1126/science.1078710&)] source
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The AW1 scenario exogenously specifies that demand for agricultural products over time would have been identical without yield improvements.
“for example, the AW1 scenario exogenously specifies that demand for agricultural products over time would have been identical without yield improvements, thus ignoring the role of food prices (which fell in real terms by ∼40% between 1965 and 2000)”
The authors state this as an assumption.
Even without increased agricultural productivity, income growth from productivity gains in other sectors, as well as higher crop demand for nonfood uses, would nevertheless have kept per capita demand at 1961 levels despite any price increases.
“However, we assume that even without increased agricultural productivity, income growth from productivity gains in other sectors, as well as higher crop demand for nonfood uses, would nevertheless have kept per capita demand at 1961 levels despite any price increases”
The authors state this as an assumption.
Yield advancements are directly related to research funding.
“Assuming that yield advancements are directly related to research funding, we assess the cost-effectiveness of mitigation through yield improvements using the ratio of public and private spending on agricultural research since 1961”
The authors state this as an assumption.
A slightly more conservative assumption that 70% of all public and private research was relevant to yield improvements.
“For the global case, a slightly more conservative assumption that 70% of all public and private research was relevant to yield improvements gives a cumulative 45-year total of $806 billion in agricultural investments.”
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A conservative estimate that the AW2 scenario included no intensive livestock operations.
“thus, a conservative estimate that the AW2 scenario included no intensive livestock operations results in a savings of up to ∼0.58 GtC/yr (∼2.1 GtCO2e/yr) in the livestock sector compared with the RW.”
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Emissions due to burning of agricultural residues can be conservatively assumed to be 15% lower in AW2 than the real world.
“Emissions due to burning of agricultural residues can be conservatively assumed to be 15% lower in AW2 than RW (the difference in total production), although we do not calculate burning emissions for the RW.”
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An assumption of constant intensity for machinery and irrigation results in 5% more irrigated land and 17% fewer agricultural tractors in the AW2 scenario compared with the real world.
“An assumption of constant intensity for machinery and irrigation results in 5% more irrigated land and 17% fewer agricultural tractors in the AW2 scenario compared with the RW.”
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Fertilizer application rates remain at 1961 levels in both AW scenarios.
“We assume fertilizer application rates remain at 1961 levels in both AW scenarios, and scale fertilizer consumption and associated production emissions accordingly.”
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For both AW expansion scenarios, the percentages of rain-fed and irrigated rice systems are the same as in the RW, and drainage practices and organic amendments are the same in each scenario.
“For both AW expansion scenarios, we assume that the percentages of rain-fed and irrigated systems are the same as in the RW, and that drainage practices and organic amendments are the same in each scenario.”
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The same public funding percentage applies to developing and developed world when estimating total agricultural spending in each time period.
“We use the values for public research spending in 1981, 1991, and 2000, and use the same public funding percentage for developing and developed world to estimate total spending in each time period.”
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Agricultural investment spending grew at a rate of 4.5% between 1961 and 1981.
“We assume a growth rate of 4.5% in spending between 1961–1981, and use the 1981 value to extrapolate back in time”
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Agricultural investment increased linearly from 1981 to 2000.
“we assume a linear increase from 1981 to 2000”
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Agricultural investment grew at 2.1% annually from 2001 to 2005.
“we estimate the values for 2001–2005 assuming a 2.1% annual growth in agricultural investment ([30](#r30)).”
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“Human populations and their use of land have now transformed ecosystem pattern and process across most of the terrestrial biosphere (1, 2), causing major global changes in biodiversity (3), biogeochemistry (4–6), geomorphic processes (7), and climate (8).”
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“Practices that increase C inputs include (i) improved varieties or species with greater root mass to deposit C in deeper layers where turnover is slower 21 , (ii) adopting crop rotations that provide greater C inputs 22 , (iii) more residue retention 23 , and (iv) cover crops during fallow periods to provide year-round C inputs (Fig. 1).22,24”
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“global total area equipped for irrigation increased from 139 Mha to 284 Mha, with 75% of this change in Asia (19% in the Americas and Europe, 4% in Africa, and 1% in Oceania). Cost estimates for irrigation investments vary by region ([54](#r54)); using a value of $2,000 per ha gives a total cost of $310 billion”
§ Greenhouse gas mitigation by agricultural intensification > Methods > Irrigation Investment.
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Agricultural sustainability and intensive production practices
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Metadata
- Authors
- Burney, J. A., Davis, S. J., & Lobell, D. B.
- Affiliations
- Stanford University (US)
- Carnegie Institution for Science (US)
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Publisher
- National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2010-06-15
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 26
- Pages
- 12052-12057
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- PMC
- PMC2900707
- OpenAlex
- W2149362589
- Semantic Scholar
- 977c80cae562c86e67f1733bd4a17afe8e827061
- Cited by
- 1,128
- References
- 53
- Citations by year
- 2026: 59 · 2025: 53 · 2024: 62 · 2023: 69 · 2022: 76 · 2021: 99 · 2020: 74 · 2019: 87 · 2018: 72 · 2017: 56 · 2016: 57 · 2015: 66 · 2014: 73 · 2013: 76 · 2012: 80
- FWCI
- 65.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NNX08AV25G)
- Carnegie Institution of Washington
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Keywords
- greenhouse gas emissions reduction, agricultural intensification, agricultural emissions, crop yield improvement, fertilizer emissions, CO2 emissions, agricultural research investment, land use change, energy crops
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