Overview
Agriculture accounts for almost one fourth of all the greenhouse gas emitted by humans. If food processing is added, this share rises to more than one third. Agriculture is also a victim of the changing climate – extreme weather events, biodiversity loss and land degradation are undermining the sector's productivity – and putting many livelihoods at risk. Yet, with the right set of policies and investments, agriculture can be a part of the solution. Policies and investments must help to reduce deforestation, help to restore degraded land, and promote sustainable agricultural practices and biodiversity conservation.
The EX-Ante Carbon Balance Tool (EX-ACT) suite gathers the evidence complementing the information available to decisions makers on the outcomes of their agrifood interventions. It helps them to quantify the amount of greenhouse gas released or sequestered from agricultural production, analyse the outcomes of activities from agrifood investments along a selected agricultural value chains and assess the impact of agricultural activities on local biodiversity.