Each CSA technology option is analyzed using targets
(number of hectares where the investments will take place)
reported in the NAFSIP, together with the corresponding investment costs over the 5-year analytical time-frame. The
same targets are also adopted in order to estimate potential
annual mitigation benefits (net annual C 02 savings) of each
selected technology. Target areas (by agro-climatic zone)
considered in the analysis are reported in table 1. It is assumed that in each target area only one type of sustainable
land management technology is adopted (for example, ‘improved agronomic practices’ will be implemented over 1.92
million hectares of tropical dry areas and 1.28 million
hectares of tropical moist areas, the same will happen for
‘integrated nutrient management’ (but on different plots and
in different zones2), ‘tillage and residue management’ on 90
thousand hectares and so forth.