Henry Neufeldt
Biographic Data
| ID | 1399822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Henry Neufeldt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Henry |
| FAMILY NAME | Neufeldt |
| SIGNATURE | NEUFELDT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Agroforestry Centre |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0880-9395 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Climate change adaptation through agroforestry
This review highlights the current state of knowledge about the socioeconomic and biophysical role of agroforestry for climate change adaptation, identifies three knowledge gaps, and discusses the role of agroforestry in adaptation policy processes. Recent scholarship has focused on biophysical modeling of agroforestry’s ability to buffer crops from climate extremes, and farmer perspectives of biophysical benefits. Socioeconomic scholarship exami…
Agroecology as a transformative approach to tackle climatic, food, and ecosystemic crises
Modelling adaptation and transformative adaptation in cropping systems
Identities, interests, and preferences matter
The efficiency and sustainability of climate change adaptation projects depend on appropriate models and tools to take climate‐smart practices to scale. This paper presents the “Building assets and agency” approach taken by the Accelerating Adoption of Agroforestry project whose objective is to scale the adoption of context‐specific adaptation and mitigation options. Through the approach, communities are encouraged to identify, mobilise, and use …
The role of agroforestry in building livelihood resilience to floods and drought in semiarid Kenya
Quandt, A., H. Neufeldt, and J. T. McCabe. 2017. The role of agroforestry in building livelihood resilience to floods and drought in semiarid Kenya. Ecology and Society 22(3):10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09461-220310
Global Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on Agricultural Land
Agroforestry systems and tree cover on agricultural land make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, but are not systematically accounted for in either global carbon budgets or national carbon accounting. This paper assesses the role of trees on agricultural land and their significance for carbon sequestration at a global level, along with recent change trends. Remote sensing data show that in 2010, 43% of all agricultural land g…
Biocarbon projects in agroforestry
Biocarbon projects can connect climate finance to smallholder farmers and can provide considerable benefits to improved productivity, land health and income, market access, institutional stability and, ultimately, food security and reduced poverty for asset-poor rural communities. While most biocarbon projects focus on forested land or tree plantations, this paper explores the potential for connecting agroforestry approaches with carbon benefits.…
The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa
Woodfuel plays a critical role in energy provision in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and is predicted to remain dominant within the energy portfolio of the population in the coming decades. Although current inefficient technologies of production and consumption are associated with negative socio-economic and environmental outcomes, projected charcoal intensive pathways along with urbanization may further accelerate pressures on tree covers. This paper…
Methods for the quantification of GHG emissions at the landscape level for developing countries in smallholder contexts
Landscape scale quantification enables farmers to pool resources and expertise. However, the problem remains of how to quantify these gains. This article considers current greenhouse gas (GHG) quantification methods that can be used in a landscape scale analysis in terms of relevance to areas dominated by smallholders in developing countries. In landscape scale carbon accounting frameworks, measurements are an essential element. Sampling strategi…
Agroforestry solutions to address food security and climate change challenges in Africa
Trees inside and outside forests contribute to food security in Africa in the face of climate variability and change. They also provide environmental and social benefits as part of farming livelihoods. Varied ecological and socio-economic conditions have given rise to specific forms of agroforestry in different parts of Africa. Policies that institutionally segregate forest from agriculture miss opportunities for synergy at landscape scale. More …
Agroforestry with N2-fixing trees
Legume tree-based farming systems sit at a crucial nexus of agroecological sustainability. Their capacity to support microbial N2 fixation can increase soil nitrogen (N) availability and therefore improve soil fertility, crop yields, and support long-term stewardship of natural resources. However, increasing N availability oftentimes catalyzes the release of N into the surrounding environment, in particular nitrous oxide (N2O) — a potent greenhou…
Charcoal production and strategies to enhance its sustainability in Kenya
In sub-Saharan Africa, 72 per cent of urban and 98 per cent of rural households use fuelwood for energy. In Kenya use of charcoal in urban areas has risen by 64 per cent in two decades. Despite the charcoal industry providing employment to 500, 000 people and generating over US$427 million that benefits grassroots communities, it has been kept out of the formal economies of this country. This review presents the status of the charcoal industry in…
Soil genesis and landscape evolution along a toposequense of Rio Araguari, Central Brazil
Soil genesis and landscape evolution along a toposequense of Rio Araguari, Central Brazil
Agroforestry solutions to address food security and climate change challenges in Africa
Trees inside and outside forests contribute to food security in Africa in the face of climate variability and change. They also provide environmental and social benefits as part of farming livelihoods. Varied ecological and socio-economic conditions have given rise to specific forms of agroforestry in different parts of Africa. Policies that institutionally segregate forest from agriculture miss opportunities for synergy at landscape scale. More …
The role of agroforestry in building livelihood resilience to floods and drought in semiarid Kenya
Quandt, A., H. Neufeldt, and J. T. McCabe. 2017. The role of agroforestry in building livelihood resilience to floods and drought in semiarid Kenya. Ecology and Society 22(3):10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09461-220310
The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa
Woodfuel plays a critical role in energy provision in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and is predicted to remain dominant within the energy portfolio of the population in the coming decades. Although current inefficient technologies of production and consumption are associated with negative socio-economic and environmental outcomes, projected charcoal intensive pathways along with urbanization may further accelerate pressures on tree covers. This paper…
Identities, interests, and preferences matter
The efficiency and sustainability of climate change adaptation projects depend on appropriate models and tools to take climate‐smart practices to scale. This paper presents the “Building assets and agency” approach taken by the Accelerating Adoption of Agroforestry project whose objective is to scale the adoption of context‐specific adaptation and mitigation options. Through the approach, communities are encouraged to identify, mobilise, and use …
Agroforestry with N2-fixing trees
Legume tree-based farming systems sit at a crucial nexus of agroecological sustainability. Their capacity to support microbial N2 fixation can increase soil nitrogen (N) availability and therefore improve soil fertility, crop yields, and support long-term stewardship of natural resources. However, increasing N availability oftentimes catalyzes the release of N into the surrounding environment, in particular nitrous oxide (N2O) — a potent greenhou…
Biocarbon projects in agroforestry
Biocarbon projects can connect climate finance to smallholder farmers and can provide considerable benefits to improved productivity, land health and income, market access, institutional stability and, ultimately, food security and reduced poverty for asset-poor rural communities. While most biocarbon projects focus on forested land or tree plantations, this paper explores the potential for connecting agroforestry approaches with carbon benefits.…
Charcoal production and strategies to enhance its sustainability in Kenya
In sub-Saharan Africa, 72 per cent of urban and 98 per cent of rural households use fuelwood for energy. In Kenya use of charcoal in urban areas has risen by 64 per cent in two decades. Despite the charcoal industry providing employment to 500, 000 people and generating over US$427 million that benefits grassroots communities, it has been kept out of the formal economies of this country. This review presents the status of the charcoal industry in…
Agroecology as a transformative approach to tackle climatic, food, and ecosystemic crises
Soil genesis and landscape evolution along a toposequense of Rio Araguari, Central Brazil
Soil genesis and landscape evolution along a toposequense of Rio Araguari, Central Brazil
Methods for the quantification of GHG emissions at the landscape level for developing countries in smallholder contexts
Landscape scale quantification enables farmers to pool resources and expertise. However, the problem remains of how to quantify these gains. This article considers current greenhouse gas (GHG) quantification methods that can be used in a landscape scale analysis in terms of relevance to areas dominated by smallholders in developing countries. In landscape scale carbon accounting frameworks, measurements are an essential element. Sampling strategi…
Agroforestry solutions to address food security and climate change challenges in Africa
Trees inside and outside forests contribute to food security in Africa in the face of climate variability and change. They also provide environmental and social benefits as part of farming livelihoods. Varied ecological and socio-economic conditions have given rise to specific forms of agroforestry in different parts of Africa. Policies that institutionally segregate forest from agriculture miss opportunities for synergy at landscape scale. More …
Agroforestry with N2-fixing trees
Legume tree-based farming systems sit at a crucial nexus of agroecological sustainability. Their capacity to support microbial N2 fixation can increase soil nitrogen (N) availability and therefore improve soil fertility, crop yields, and support long-term stewardship of natural resources. However, increasing N availability oftentimes catalyzes the release of N into the surrounding environment, in particular nitrous oxide (N2O) — a potent greenhou…
Charcoal production and strategies to enhance its sustainability in Kenya
In sub-Saharan Africa, 72 per cent of urban and 98 per cent of rural households use fuelwood for energy. In Kenya use of charcoal in urban areas has risen by 64 per cent in two decades. Despite the charcoal industry providing employment to 500, 000 people and generating over US$427 million that benefits grassroots communities, it has been kept out of the formal economies of this country. This review presents the status of the charcoal industry in…
Biocarbon projects in agroforestry
Biocarbon projects can connect climate finance to smallholder farmers and can provide considerable benefits to improved productivity, land health and income, market access, institutional stability and, ultimately, food security and reduced poverty for asset-poor rural communities. While most biocarbon projects focus on forested land or tree plantations, this paper explores the potential for connecting agroforestry approaches with carbon benefits.…
The potential of agroforestry in the provision of sustainable woodfuel in sub-Saharan Africa
Woodfuel plays a critical role in energy provision in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), and is predicted to remain dominant within the energy portfolio of the population in the coming decades. Although current inefficient technologies of production and consumption are associated with negative socio-economic and environmental outcomes, projected charcoal intensive pathways along with urbanization may further accelerate pressures on tree covers. This paper…
Global Tree Cover and Biomass Carbon on Agricultural Land
Agroforestry systems and tree cover on agricultural land make an important contribution to climate change mitigation, but are not systematically accounted for in either global carbon budgets or national carbon accounting. This paper assesses the role of trees on agricultural land and their significance for carbon sequestration at a global level, along with recent change trends. Remote sensing data show that in 2010, 43% of all agricultural land g…
The role of agroforestry in building livelihood resilience to floods and drought in semiarid Kenya
Quandt, A., H. Neufeldt, and J. T. McCabe. 2017. The role of agroforestry in building livelihood resilience to floods and drought in semiarid Kenya. Ecology and Society 22(3):10. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-09461-220310
Identities, interests, and preferences matter
The efficiency and sustainability of climate change adaptation projects depend on appropriate models and tools to take climate‐smart practices to scale. This paper presents the “Building assets and agency” approach taken by the Accelerating Adoption of Agroforestry project whose objective is to scale the adoption of context‐specific adaptation and mitigation options. Through the approach, communities are encouraged to identify, mobilise, and use …
Climate change adaptation through agroforestry
This review highlights the current state of knowledge about the socioeconomic and biophysical role of agroforestry for climate change adaptation, identifies three knowledge gaps, and discusses the role of agroforestry in adaptation policy processes. Recent scholarship has focused on biophysical modeling of agroforestry’s ability to buffer crops from climate extremes, and farmer perspectives of biophysical benefits. Socioeconomic scholarship exami…
Agroecology as a transformative approach to tackle climatic, food, and ecosystemic crises
Modelling adaptation and transformative adaptation in cropping systems
Environmental Science (10 works) · Geography (10 works) · Agriculture (9 works) · Environmental resource management (8 works) · Agroforestry (7 works) · Business (7 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Climate change (5 works) · Sustainability (5 works)