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  1. Soil organic carbon in agricultural systems of six countries in East Africa – a literature review of status and carbon sequestration potential

    Soil organic carbon in agricultural systems of six countries in East Africa – a literature review of status and carbon sequestration potential

    Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Plant and Soil • Authors: S Namirembe --- Stepup Standard Ltd., Uganda K Piikki --- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden R Sommer --- WWF Deutschland, Agriculture & Land Use Change, Germany M Söderström --- Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden B Tessema --- Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research (EIAR), Ethiopia SS Nyawira --- International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), Kenya
    Cropland soils are considered to have the potential to sequester atmospheric CO2 through agronomic best management practices (BMPs). To estimate this potential in East Africa, the authors reviewed 69 published studies from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Burundi assessing...
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