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Optimizing Carbon Sequestration in Croplands: A Synthesis

Alexandra Tiefenbacher, Taru Sandén, Hans-Peter Haslmayr, Julia Miloczki, Walter W. Wenzel, Heide Spiegel

Agronomy · 2021

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Summary

Climate change and ensuring food security for an exponentially growing global human population are the greatest challenges for future agriculture. Improved soil management practices are crucial to tackle these problems by enhancing agro-ecosystem productivity, soil fertility, and carbon sequestration. To meet Paris climate treaty pledges, soil management must address validated approaches for carbon sequestration and stabilization. The present synthesis assesses a range of current and potential future agricultural management practices (AMP) that have an effect on soil organic carbon (SOC) storage and sequestration. Through two strategies—increasing carbon inputs (e.g., enhanced primary production, organic fertilizers) and reducing SOC losses (e.g., reducing soil erosion, managing soil respi

Subject
Soil carbon & organic matter
Source type
Peer-reviewed study
System type
Other
DOI
10.3390/agronomy11050882
Catalogue ID
SNmojxd9lb-5pkrih
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