Mitigation Of Climate Change Of Coffee Production Systems In Cundinamarca, Colombia
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Floresta e Ambiente (Brazil) v. 26(3) p. 1-11; (2019)Summary:
ABSTRACT
Production systems with woody perennial plants, ideally timber trees, are technologies accepted
in carbon (C) projects to mitigate climate change. This research had as purpose the estimation
of C storage and fixation in coffee production systems in Cundinamarca, Colombia. Carbon in
biomass, necromass and soil were estimated in coffee plantations with three different shade levels
(low, medium and high) in three municipalities using IPCC’s recommendations. Soil stored 75%
of the total C (93.9 to 137.7 Mg C ha–1 in the upper 30 cm), followed by trees (19%). Carbon
increases with a rise in shade (55.8 vs 42.0 vs 23.0 Mg C ha–1 for high, medium and low shade,
respectively). These coffee plantations fixed a mean of 2.3 Mg C ha–1 year–1, with a maximum
value of ~7.1 Mg CO2ha–1 year–1 under a shade of 30% to 40%. Coffee plantations, especially
with high shade, have a high potential of C fixation and mitigate climate change.
Keywords: agroforestry systems, biomass, dendrometry and forest inventory, forest soils.
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Biblioteca Nacional de Agricultura - Binagri Agrobase - Periódicos | Periódicos agrícolas | 2019 26(3) | Online | 2025-0451 |
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ABSTRACT
Production systems with woody perennial plants, ideally timber trees, are technologies accepted
in carbon (C) projects to mitigate climate change. This research had as purpose the estimation
of C storage and fixation in coffee production systems in Cundinamarca, Colombia. Carbon in
biomass, necromass and soil were estimated in coffee plantations with three different shade levels
(low, medium and high) in three municipalities using IPCC’s recommendations. Soil stored 75%
of the total C (93.9 to 137.7 Mg C ha–1 in the upper 30 cm), followed by trees (19%). Carbon
increases with a rise in shade (55.8 vs 42.0 vs 23.0 Mg C ha–1 for high, medium and low shade,
respectively). These coffee plantations fixed a mean of 2.3 Mg C ha–1 year–1, with a maximum
value of ~7.1 Mg CO2ha–1 year–1 under a shade of 30% to 40%. Coffee plantations, especially
with high shade, have a high potential of C fixation and mitigate climate change.
Keywords: agroforestry systems, biomass, dendrometry and forest inventory, forest soils.
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