“Across the world, if farmers are incentivized to change practices, they could pull between 3-7 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere every year. To put that in perspective, the US emits 5 billion tonnes per year. It’s huge," says Louis Verchot, Director for Soil and Landscapes for Sustainability at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT).
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To radically alter current patterns of soil and land degradation, CIAT has broadened the scope of its soils research to encompass not only individual farm plots but entire landscapes across the tropics.
CIAT’s pioneering soils research is organized around three interrelated themes:
• Restoring degraded land
• Fast-tracking the transition to low-emissions agriculture and nationally appropriate mitigation actions
• Sustaining soil fertility and health
