Claim · model-written summary
GHG dynamics were associated mainly with climate and soil properties.
- Taxon
- cacao
Theobroma cacaot0 - Outcome
- GHG dynamicse0
- Qualifier
- climatic factorse0
- Setting
- São Tomé Island, Central Africat0
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Verbatim
e0“GHG dynamics were mainly regulated by climatic factors—such as air temperature, relative humidity, and precipitation—and by key edaphic properties, including soil pH, soil organic carbon, soil temperature, and clay content.”
t0“Cacao Agroecosystems on São Tomé Island, Central Africa”
Title
Armando Sterling; Yerson D. Suárez-Córdoba; Francesca del Bove Orlandi; et al. Land 2025. doi:10.3390/land14091918
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- Observation CO2 accounted for about 97.4% of global warming potential.
- Observation CH4 and N2O together contributed less than 3% of global warming potential.
- Observation The highest CO2 emissions were 125.5 ± 11.41 mg C m−2 h−1 in conventional growing systems in the wet zone.
- Observation CH4 generally acted as a sink, particularly in conventional systems in the dry zone.
- Observation CH4 net emissions of 5.08 ± 1.50 μg C m−2 h−1 occurred in biodiverse systems in the wet zone.
- Observation N2O fluxes were highest in conventional growing systems at 32.28 ± 5.76 μg N m−2 h−1.
- Observation Projected GWP ranged from 9.05 ± 2.77 to 40.9 ± 6.23 Mg CO2-eq ha−1 year−1.
- Recommendation Biodiversity-based agroforestry was identified as a potential climate-smart practice for reducing net GHG emissions.