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
diana.feliciano@abdn.ac.uk
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:
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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
Input
Region
Country Indonesia
Climate Tropical
moist
Is
the
climate
semiarid
or
arid No
Soil
CHOOSE Simplified
input
choose
soil
type light
soil
(e.g.
sandy),
low
SOC
Soil
texture Coarse
Soil
organic
C
(%) 1.2
Soil
N
content
(%) 0.12
Soil
pH 7
Bulk
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
Unit
Crop
yield
5 tonnes/ha
Residue
in
development
Specific
climate
categorization
for
rice
Baseline
management
Rice
management
Crop
duration 100 days
Water
management
Water
regime
Pre-­‐water
regime
Soil
management
How
long
are
you
doing
this
practice?
Tillage Conventional
tillage more
than
20
years
Cover
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 1
Manure Incorporated Cattle
Farmyard
manure
-­‐
0.6%
N 0 0
Residue Not
incorporated Straw-­‐off
season 15 1
Synthetic
fertilizer
CHOOSE
Simplified
input
1
Simplified
fertilizer
information
Choose
fertilizer
amount
Fertilizer Nutrient
(kg
ha
-­‐1
)
Urea
-­‐
46.4%
N N 148
Super
phosphate
-­‐
21%
P2O5 P 74
Muriate
of
potash
/
Potassium
Chloride
-­‐
60%
K2O K 74
RICE
less
than
20
years
less
than
20
years
less
than
20
years
Warm
subhumid
tropics
Multiple
drainage
Short
drainage
Choose
Fertilizer
Amount How
long
are
you
doing
this
practice?
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to
Results