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Community Organizations Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Acronym
SLU
University or Research Institution
Phone number
+46 18-67 10 00

Location

Uppsala
Sweden
Postal address
P.O. Box 7070
SE-750 07
Uppsala SWEDEN
Working languages
English
Swedish

SLU is a university that is broad based both geographically and scientifically. 

Science and education for sustainable life

SLU develops the knowledge about how to use natural, biological land and water resources in a sustainable manner.

Education, research and environmental monitoring and assessment are pursued at some thirty locations all over the country. The main campuses are Alnarp, Umeå and Uppsala.

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Soil carbon under current and improved land management in Kenya, Ethiopia and India: Dynamics and sequestration potentials

Reports & Research
December, 2018
Kenya
India
Ethiopia
Asia
Central Asia
Africa
Eastern Africa

Agriculture is a major contributor to climate change,
emitting the three major greenhouse gases (GHGs) –
carbon dioxide (CO2), methane and nitrous oxide – into the
atmosphere. According to the Fifth Assessment Report of
the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
the Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use sector “is
responsible for just under a quarter (~10–12 Gt CO2eq/yr) of
[all] anthropogenic GHG emissions mainly from deforestation
and agricultural emissions from livestock, soil and nutrient