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Conservation agriculture increases carbon sequestration in extensive crops

from University of Cordoba via Phys.org

Conservation agriculture increases carbon sequestration in extensive crops University of Cordoba via Phys.org Agricultural activity is responsible for about 12% of the total emissions of greenhouse gases in Spain. Nevertheless, adopting good agricultural practices can help reverse this situation, by increasing the sequestration of organic carbon in soil. With the goal of compensating for CO2 emissions produced by agricultural activity by means of fixing organic carbon in soil, the 4perMille initiative came about, in the framework of the Paris Climate Agreement (adopted at the COP21 in 2015). READ MORE

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