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La financiación del Cambio Climático. ¿Cuáles son los desafíos y las oportunidades de la financiación de la agricultura en África?

Documentos temáticos. Módulo EASYPol 100

Year of publication 2011

Pages 17 p.

Author Bockel, L. ;Phiri,D. ;Tinlot, M.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Category Other document

Series title EASYPol: Materiales para la formulación de políticas (en línea)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) La agricultura contribuye significativamente a las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI), la cuales deben ser mitigadas, pero también proporciona oportunidades para un importante almacenamiento de carbono, por ejemplo, en los cultivos arbóreos y en los suelos. De hecho, el potencial global de secuestración gracias al aumento del carbono orgánico del suelo a través de las prácticas agrícolas mejoradas, se estima que oscila entre 1 y 6 Gt de carbono por año. En África, una de las con secuencias más importantes de la agricultura convencional es el rápido agotamiento de la materia orgánica del suelo (MOS). El cultivo y el uso repetido de la tierra degradan los suelos, y disminuyen su rendimiento agrícola, al mismo tiempo que aumentan los costes de producción. Los agricultores africanos tienen el potencial de reducir las emisiones de GEI y de aumentar los rendimientos agrícolas. El potencial de mitigación técnica de la agricultura en el año 2030 en África alcanzará las 2 G t de CO2-eq por año1 . Con la promesa de la reducción de las emisiones, los recursos financieros del carbono podrían financiar la capacitación de los agricultores en nuevas prácticas así como podrían establecer sistemas de Monitoreo, Verificación y Reporte (MRV) para asegurar que los beneficios agrícolas y de carbono son alcanzados. Debido a que el potencial interés en los proyectos de carbono agrícolas en África está aumentando, el número de posibles proyectos también está experimentando un aumento. Los proyectos financiados con recursos de carbono que se están llevando a cabo presentan cuatro similitudes principales: (i) una delimitación geográfica claramente definida, (ii) una organización principal que agrupa a los beneficiarios y proporciona un posible canal para proporcionar incentivos a los beneficiarios, (iii) un objetivo de reducción de carbono claramente cuantificado basado en la calculadora de GEI de FAO, EX –ACT, y (iv) acceso al apoyo de los recursos de financiación de carbono.

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