Greengade Project

Note: This project officially ended in December 2024. The page remains online as a public archive and will no longer be actively managed or updated. For further information, please contact the Biodiversity Research / Systematic Botany research group at the University of Potsdam: GreenGaDe - Greenhouse Gas Determination in West Africa's Agricultural Landscapes. Food production systems contribute significantly to global warming and are responsible for 19-29% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Especially in developing countries, 90% of greenhouse gas emissions originate from agriculture and deforestation. So far, it is not known how much greenhouse gases are released by different agricultural systems and management practices. In order to provide policymakers, practitioners and donors with a clear basis for decision-making, such data and predictions are essential. This is the goal of GreenGaDe, a project - with a focus on West African countries - funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) being embedded in the trans-disciplinary West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL).