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Agroforestry Solutions for Zero Hunger and Net Zero Climate Targets


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1 ICAR-Central Agro-forestry Research Institute, Jhansi 284 00, India
 

Transitioning to a net-zero world is one of the greatest challenges humanity may face across the world. Nonetheless, land-based carbon removal actions are vital to meet net-zero targets but involve significant trade-offs that may risk food security. The potential increase in demand for land in the near future for land-based climate mitigation methods across India could certainly threaten the right to land and food, especially for people and communities whose livelihoods depend on land. In the context of global efforts to address and combat the climate crisis and to improve food security, agroforestry is a sustainable land use with immense potential to achieve significant impact and synergy across priorities.

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Priyanka Singh
ICAR-Central Agro-forestry Research Institute, Jhansi 284 00, India
R. P. Dwivedi
ICAR-Central Agro-forestry Research Institute, Jhansi 284 00, India
A. Arunachalam
ICAR-Central Agro-forestry Research Institute, Jhansi 284 00, India

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Transitioning to a net-zero world is one of the greatest challenges humanity may face across the world. Nonetheless, land-based carbon removal actions are vital to meet net-zero targets but involve significant trade-offs that may risk food security. The potential increase in demand for land in the near future for land-based climate mitigation methods across India could certainly threaten the right to land and food, especially for people and communities whose livelihoods depend on land. In the context of global efforts to address and combat the climate crisis and to improve food security, agroforestry is a sustainable land use with immense potential to achieve significant impact and synergy across priorities.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv124%2Fi6%2F661-662