Rewarding smallholders for sequestering carbon in agricultural land can improve food security while mitigating climate change. Verification of carbon offsets in food-insecure regions is possible and achievable through rigorously controlled monitoring.
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J.E.O., P.S. and D.M. acknowledge support from the SmartSOIL EU FP7 project (grant number 289694), D.M. also from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network and H.K. from the SOILMAN (decision number 270106) and AlterCLIMA (decision number 127405) projects of the Academy of Finland.
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Kahiluoto, H., Smith, P., Moran, D. et al. Enabling food security by verifying agricultural carbon. Nature Clim Change 4, 309–311 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate2209
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