«These results highlight the potential of organic agriculture to increase the amount
of carbon sequestration in the soil, and by doing so help decrease a major cause of climate change.»
The project should bring numerous environmental benefits, including reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 880 to 1111 tonnes per year, cutting chemical fertiliser use and water consumption by 20 % and increasing
carbon sequestration in soil by the same amount.
Phase 1 Acres: 75,000 estimated Phase 1 Locations: Park, Sweet Grass, and Petroleum Counties, Montana Phase 1 Benefits: Improved soil health and increased
carbon sequestration in soil measurable within first 5 - 7 years.
the report argues that up to 86 % of agriculture's potential for climate change mitigation lies
in carbon sequestration in soils; that organic farming results in 20 % -28 % higher levels of soil carbon compared to non-organic farming; and that a global conversion to organic farming could sequester up to 11 % of global greenhouse gas emissions.
When you look at ecological well - being small and medium - scale organic agriculture has systemic health benefits — often
better carbon sequestration in soil, better resilience to drought, et cetera.
Using perennial bioenergy crops (e.g., switchgrass, silver grass, willow, eucalyptus) rather than annuals (e.g., corn) reduces emissions and
raises carbon sequestration in soil.
While agriculture has been historically criticized for its large carbon footprint,
carbon sequestration in soils has the potential to turn agriculture into climate's biggest asset.
While claims that
carbon sequestration in soils could literally solve global warming should be taken with a very big pinch of salt, there's no doubt that our current regime of intensive, chemical dependent agriculture has depleted soils and increased emissions.
E.g., research assumes greenhouse gas emissions cause warming without explicitly stating humans are the cause», with the example of» `...
carbon sequestration in soil is important for mitigating global climate change»