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Table 1 Carbon emissions from two cultivation types in Eastern Africa rangelands

From: Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sink potential in Eastern Africa rangeland ecosystems: A review

Years

Permanent cultivation

Shifting cultivation

TgC yr−1

1980–1989

26

11

37

1990–1999

27

6

33

2000–2009

45

2

47

Mean±SD

33 ± 10.7

6.3 ± 4.5

39 ± 7.2

  1. Data synthesized from Valentini et al. (2014). Shifting cultivation refers to a farming system in which a plot of land is cultivated temporarily and then abandoned while post-disturbance fallow vegetation is allowed to freely grow while the cultivator moves on to another plot
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