Tag: climate-smart agriculture

Food systems—spanning agriculture, land use and land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), energy, industrial processes and product use (IPPU), and waste—account for about one third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, yet they remain an often underreported component of the climate challenge. This country profile on Guinea is part of a broader series that applies a food-system lens to national emissions by combining international datasets with official country reporting. It provides an integrated overview of land use, forests and agriculture, food security and diets, and food system emissions in Guinea, where agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and food processing and distribution are central to livelihoods, and where waste management is an increasingly important urban activity. Drawing on FAOSTAT data and Guinea’s 2024 Biennial Update Report, the profile compares international and national estimates to identify the main sources of food system emissions and areas of convergence between datasets. The analysis shows that Guinea’s food system emissions are dominated by farm-gate sources—particularly livestock methane, rice cultivation, and manure-related emissions—followed by land-use change driven largely by shifting cultivation and agricultural expansion, while emissions beyond the farm gate remain smaller but are increasing in urban areas due to waste disposal and energy use. The profile situates these emissions within a context of rapid population growth, persistent poverty, strong reliance on smallholder rainfed agriculture, and diets heavily dependent on rice and starchy staples, with low overall protein intake. It identifies a set of no-regret mitigation priorities that combine emissions reduction with food security and development objectives, including improved livestock productivity, methane-smart rice cultivation and loss reduction, forest regeneration and frontier control, and urban waste management solutions. By making food system emissions more visible and policy-relevant, this publication aims to support policymakers, researchers, and development partners in identifying climate actions aligned with Guinea’s development priorities and future climate commitments.

Food systems – spanning agriculture, land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF), energy, industrial processes and product use (IPPU), and waste – account for about one-third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, yet they remain difficult to identify in national reporting because they are dispersed across UNFCCC sectors. This working paper provides a continent-wide overview of food security and diets, economy-wide emissions, and food system emissions in Africa, and identifies no-regret priorities for mitigation action that support food security and sustainable development. It combines FAOSTAT agrifood system emissions with national inventory estimates submitted to the UNFCCC as Common Reporting Tables, analysed through the updated FSE-CRT model, which aligns national sectoral reporting with food-system boundaries while enabling cross-country comparability. The analysis situates mitigation opportunities within Africa’s structural context of rapid demographic growth, persistent poverty and undernutrition, and fast urbanization, while recognizing that the continent has the world’s lowest per-capita emissions and therefore requires context-appropriate mitigation pathways. Across datasets, agriculture and waste emerge as priority sectors for mitigation when excluding LULUCF, with livestock management (enteric fermentation and manure) identified as a leading farm-gate source and unmanaged organic waste as a major urban emissions driver; by contrast, energy- and industry-related food emissions are smaller and often underreported in national inventories. The paper highlights quick-win options—such as improved livestock management, better nutrient-use efficiency, reduced food losses, and enhanced organic waste management—alongside second-tier priorities requiring longer-term investment, including sustainable land-use planning and forest protection, climate-smart intensification, low-carbon food-system infrastructure, and strengthened national GHG inventories to improve targeting and access to climate finance.

Food systems—spanning agriculture, land use and land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), energy, industrial processes and product use (IPPU), and waste—account for about one third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, yet they remain an often underreported component of the climate challenge. This country profile on Cameroon is part of a broader series that applies a food-system lens to national emissions by combining international datasets with official country reporting. It provides an integrated overview of land use, forests and agriculture, food security and diets, and food system emissions in Cameroon, a country characterized by exceptional biophysical diversity, rapid demographic growth, and persistent development challenges. Drawing on FAOSTAT data and Cameroon’s 2024 Biennial Update Report, the profile compares international and national estimates to identify the main sources of food system emissions and areas of convergence between datasets. The analysis shows that food system emissions in Cameroon are dominated by land-use change and forest fires, followed by livestock management—particularly enteric fermentation and manure—and, to a lesser extent, waste management and post-harvest losses. While methodological gaps and data limitations remain, especially for disaggregated supply-chain emissions, available evidence already provides clear signals on priority mitigation opportunities that are compatible with the country’s financial, technical, and institutional constraints. The profile identifies a set of no-regret mitigation pathways that combine emissions reduction with food security and development objectives, including zero-deforestation agricultural development, improved fire management, more efficient livestock systems, and reductions in starchy root-crop losses through improved storage, processing, and value-chain infrastructure. By making food system emissions more visible and policy-relevant, this publication aims to support policymakers, researchers, and development partners in identifying climate actions that align with Cameroon’s Nationally Determined Contribution and emerging international market requirements.

Food systems—spanning agriculture, land use and land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), energy, industry, and waste—account for about one third of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, yet they remain an often underreported component of the climate challenge. This country profile on Côte d’Ivoire is part of a series of national analyses that apply a food-system lens to emissions by comparing FAOSTAT estimates with official national data from the country’s Biennial Transparency Report and Nationally Determined Contribution. It provides an integrated overview of land use, forests and agriculture, food security and diets, and food system emissions in Côte d’Ivoire, a country where rapid population growth, cocoa-driven deforestation, and rising urban demand interact with significant mitigation opportunities. The profile identifies a set of no-regret priorities for mitigation action that can reduce emissions while supporting food security and sustainable development, including forest-positive cocoa systems, improved livestock productivity, conservation of wetlands and organic soils, climate-smart rice cultivation, low-emission aquaculture and fisheries, and modern waste management. By making food system emissions more visible and policy-relevant, this publication aims to support national and international stakeholders in identifying mitigation pathways that deliver climate, food security, and development benefits in Côte d’Ivoire.