Braimoh, Ademola2012-08-132012-08-132012-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10419Ensuring food security under changing climate conditions is one of the major challenges of our era. Agriculture must not only become increasingly productive, but must also adapt to climate change while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Soil carbon sequestration, the process by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is taken up by plants through photosynthesis and stored as carbon in biomass and soils, can support these goals. First, soil carbon enhances agricultural productivity, which reduces rural poverty; second, it limits greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere; and third, it reduces the impact of climate change on agricultural ecosystems. This smart lesson describes the potential benefits of selected land management technologies that sequester carbon.CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOAFFORESTATIONAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMSAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTUREAGROFORESTRYAIRAIR QUALITYATMOSPHEREATMOSPHERIC CARBONATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDECARBONCARBON FINANCECARBON IN BIOMASSCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCARBON STORAGECLIMATECLIMATE CHANGECONSERVATIONCOTTONCROPCROP RESIDUESCROP ROTATIONCROP YIELDCROP YIELD INCREASESCROP YIELDSCROPLANDCROPLANDSCROPSCULTIVATIONDEFORESTATIONDEGRADED FORESTSECOSYSTEMEXTENSIONEXTENSION SERVICESFARMERSFARMINGFERTILIZERFERTILIZERSFLOODSFOOD INSECURITYFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SECURITYFORESTSFOSSIL FUELFRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGEGRAINGRAIN CROPSGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GASGREENHOUSE GAS CONCENTRATIONSGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSGREENHOUSE GASESGROUNDNUTHARVESTINGINCOMESINNOVATIONINTERCROPPINGLABOR COSTSLAND DEGRADATIONLAND MANAGEMENTLAND TENURELAND USELIVESTOCKMAIZEMANUREMETHANEMETHANE EMISSIONSMILLETMULCHMULCHINGNATURAL RESOURCESNATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENTNITROGENNITROGEN FERTILIZERSNITROUS OXIDENITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONSNUTRIENTSORGANIC CARBONORGANIC MATTERPHOTOSYNTHESISPRIVATE SECTORPRODUCEPRODUCTION COSTSRAINWATERRURAL DEVELOPMENTSEEDBED PREPARATIONSEEDLINGSSEEDSSHRUBSSOIL CARBONSOIL FERTILITYSOILSSORGHUMTEMPERATURETERRACINGTILLAGETREE PLANTATIONSTREESTROPICSVEGETABLE GARDENINGWATER QUALITYWorld Bank10.1596/10419