| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5071048 | Food Policy | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
⺠The study addresses the potential and challenges of carbon sequestration in agricultural soils. ⺠Technical potential of C sequestration is 1.2-3.1Gt/yr. ⺠Increasing C pool in the root zone by 1t/yr can increase production in developing countries by 24-32 million t/yr for food grains and 6-10 million t/yr for roots and tubers. ⺠The strategy is to adopt conservation tillage, cover cropping, manuring, agroforestry, biochar and other amendments. ⺠Rather than subsidies, adoption of these technologies can be promoted by payments for ecosystem services.
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Authors
R. Lal,