24 Questions
What are the triple benefits provided by Nature-based Solutions in agriculture and forestry?
Building agricultural production and resilience, mitigating climate change, enhancing nature and biodiversity
How can Nature-based Solutions help farmers adapt to future weather extremes?
Enhancing soil health, reducing soil erosion, buffering shorelines
How can Nature-based Solutions contribute to mitigating climate change in the food sector?
Reducing carbon emissions, storing carbon, avoiding deforestation and conversion of natural habitat
How can Nature-based Solutions enhance food and nutrition security?
Through diversified production systems, reducing chemical additives, ensuring diversified sources of income
What does grazing optimization aim to achieve?
Maximize forage production
How does managed grazing practices impact water use on pastures?
Reduces water use
What is the purpose of alternate wetting and drying (AWD) in rice cultivation?
Reduce annual methane emissions and save water
What is the practical way of implementing controlled irrigation or AWD in rice cultivation?
Monitoring the depth of water table and flooding the soil when needed
What is the threshold of water level called in AWD that will not result in loss of rice yield?
Safe AWD
What is the primary focus of avoided grassland conversion?
Prevent the conversion of grasslands to tilled croplands
What is the purpose of biochar application in best management practices for agriculture?
Soil amendments
What is the goal of integrated pest management (IPM) in agriculture?
Control pests using various methods
Which approach aims to enhance ecosystems' role in carbon sequestration by improving habitats like watersheds, wetlands, and coral reefs?
Nature-based Solutions (NbS)
Which agriculture approach involves protecting the environment, expanding natural resources, and using nonrenewable resources efficiently?
Sustainable agriculture
Which agriculture approach reduces water and input use, prevents land degradation, and improves soil, biodiversity, and water resources?
Regenerative agriculture
Which of the following is NOT one of the top five principles of regenerative agriculture?
Using synthetic fertilizers
Which approach applies ecological science to sustainable agriculture, creating diversified agroecosystems that mimic natural systems?
Agroecology
Which agriculture approach prevents arable land losses, maintains permanent soil cover, minimizes soil disturbance, and enhances biodiversity and crop production?
Conservation Agriculture
Which agricultural practice combines crops, trees, and animals, and provides off-season livestock feed for smallholder farmers?
Agroforestry
Which of the following is a Nature-based Solutions technique in agriculture?
Cover crops
Which forest management technique involves promoting polycultures and native species?
Natural forest management
Which aquaculture NBS technique involves the cultivation of bivalve shellfish and seaweed to restore coastal habitats and enhance food production?
Cultivating bivalve shellfish and seaweed
Which improvement for grazing and ranching involves sowing legumes in pastures for ecological benefits?
Sowing legumes in pastures
Which technique involves promoting the integration of trees into agricultural lands?
Conservation Agriculture
Study Notes
Nature-Based Solutions in Agriculture and Forestry
- Nature-based Solutions (NbS) aim to enhance ecosystems' role in carbon sequestration by improving habitats like watersheds, wetlands, and coral reefs.
- Sustainable agriculture involves protecting the environment, expanding natural resources, and using nonrenewable resources efficiently.
- Regenerative agriculture reduces water and input use, prevents land degradation, and improves soil, biodiversity, and water resources.
- The top five principles of regenerative agriculture are minimizing soil disturbance, keeping soil covered, increasing plant diversity, keeping living roots in the soil, and integrating animals into the farm.
- Agroecology applies ecological science to sustainable agriculture, creating diversified agroecosystems that mimic natural systems.
- Conservation Agriculture prevents arable land losses, maintains permanent soil cover, minimizes soil disturbance, and enhances biodiversity and crop production.
- Agroforestry combines crops, trees, and animals, and fodder banks provide off-season livestock feed for smallholder farmers.
- Nature-based Solutions techniques in agriculture include cover crops, reduced-tillage practices, biochar, and agroforestry.
- Forest management techniques include natural forest management, reduced-impact logging, and promoting polycultures and native species.
- Aquaculture NBS techniques involve the cultivation of bivalve shellfish and seaweed to restore coastal habitats and enhance food production.
- Conservation Agriculture involves cultivating cover crops in fallow periods and promoting the integration of trees into agricultural lands.
- Grazing and ranching improvements include using improved livestock breeds, improved feed management, and sowing legumes in pastures for ecological benefits.
Test your knowledge of nature-based solutions in agriculture and forestry with this quiz. Explore sustainable agriculture, regenerative agriculture, agroecology, conservation agriculture, agroforestry, and forest management techniques. Learn about nature-based solutions such as cover crops, reduced-tillage practices, biochar, and aquaculture methods.
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