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Mapping what we know about the effects of agriculture, land-use change and forestry programmes

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The ways in which people manage agricultural and forest lands are critical for climate change mitigation, global food security and achieving the sustainable development goals. 3ie’s evidence gap map takes stock of the existing evidence on the effects of interventions in the agriculture, land use and forestry sectors. The map highlights the urgent need to generate more evidence for determining which interventions are likely to be most effective in helping to reach greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets, while avoiding negative effects on food security and human welfare outcomes.

Forest degradation, deforestation and agricultural production contribute to almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The ways in which agricultural and forest lands are managed are critical for climate change mitigation, global food security and achieving the sustainable development goals. To reach emissions reduction targets, while avoiding negative effects on food security and other human well-being outcomes, there is an urgent need to develop effective policies and programmes in the land use and forestry sector.

To develop these effective evidence-informed programmes and policies, the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), with support from the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), created an evidence gap map (EGM) to take stock of the existing evidence on the effects of interventions in the agriculture, land use and forestry sector.