Improving agricultural activity data is a cost-effective option for reducing the uncertainty of greenhouse gas inventories and monitoring mitigation actions, meeting multiple national data needs, and bolstering investments. It’s time to direct effort to this opportunity.
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We thank E. Wollenberg, D. Pelster, M. Richards and A. Nowak for discussions on this topic over many years. This work was implemented as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). CCAFS is carried out with support from the CGIAR Trust Fund and through bilateral funding agreements. For details, please visit https://ccafs.cgiar.org/donors. T.R. also received support from the United States Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service (USDA-FAS). The views expressed in this document cannot be taken to reflect the official opinions of these organizations.
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Rosenstock, T.S., Wilkes, A. Reorienting emissions research to catalyse African agricultural development. Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 463–465 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01055-0
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