Pulse Brain · Growing Health Evidence Index
Tier 1 — Meta-analysis / systematic reviewPeer-reviewed

MAGGnet: An international network to foster mitigation of agricultural greenhouse gases

Mark A. Liebig, Alan J. Franzluebbers, Carolina Álvarez, Tomás Della Chiesa, Nuria Lewczuk, Gervasio Piñeiro, Gabriela Posse, Laura Yahdjian, Peter Grace, Osvaldo Cabral, Ladislau Martin‐Neto, Renato de Aragão Ribeiro Rodrigues, B. D. Amiro, Denis A. Angers, Xiying Hao, Maren Oelbermann, Mario Tenuta, Lars Juhl Munkholm, Kristiina Regina, P. Cellier, Fiona Ehrhardt, Guy Richard, René Dechow, Fahmuddin Agus, N. Widiarta, John Spink, Antonio Berti, Carlo Grignani, Marco Mazzoncini, Roberto Orsini, Pier Paolo Roggero, Giovanna Seddaiu, Francesco Tei, Domenico Ventrella, Giuliano Vitali, Ayaka W. Kishimoto‐Mo, Yasuhito Shirato, Shigeto Sudo, Junseop Shin, Louis A. Schipper, Robert Savé, Jens Leifeld, L. Spadavecchia, Jagadeesh Yeluripati, S. Del Grosso, Charles W. Rice, Jorge Sawchik

Carbon Management · 2016

Read source ↗ All evidence

Summary

MAGGnet is an international research network established in 2012 to collate and synthesise agricultural greenhouse gas mitigation research across member countries of the Global Research Alliance. The network has compiled standardised metadata from 315 experimental studies in 20 countries, focusing primarily on soil carbon and nitrous oxide emissions, along with crop yield and biomass outcomes. The platform provides a shared meta-database to leverage limited resources and harmonise global understanding of GHG mitigation strategies in agriculture.

UK applicability

As a UK signatory to the Global Research Alliance, the United Kingdom can contribute to and benefit from MAGGnet's standardised data collection and comparative analyses across temperate and continental agroecosystems. The network's focus on crop yield alongside emissions measurements is particularly relevant to UK policy objectives of climate mitigation without compromising food security.

Key measures

Soil carbon, nitrous oxide emissions, grain yield, stover biomass, root biomass, study duration and completion status

Outcomes reported

The study compiled standardised metadata from 315 experimental studies across 20 countries investigating agricultural GHG mitigation practices. Key measurements included soil carbon and nitrous oxide emissions (in >80% of studies), along with grain yield, stover and root biomass assessments.

Theme
Climate & resilience
Subject
Climate & greenhouse gas mitigation
Study type
Meta-analysis
Study design
Meta-analysis
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
Status
Published
Geography
Global
System type
Arable cereals
DOI
10.1080/17583004.2016.1180586
Catalogue ID
BFmovi21bz-x3vf59

Topic tags

Pulse AI · ask about this record

Dig deeper with Pulse AI.

Pulse AI has read the whole catalogue. Ask about this record, its theme, or how the findings apply to UK farming and policy — every answer cites the underlying studies.