Soil carbon sequestration and soil quality change between no-tillage and conventional tillage soil management after 3 and 11 years of organic farming

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Ratih Kemala Dewi ◽  
Masatake Fukuda ◽  
Naoya Takashima ◽  
Atsushi Yagioka ◽  
Masakazu Komatsuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Conventional Tillage ◽  
Soil Carbon Sequestration ◽  
No Tillage ◽  
Quality Change

scholarly journals The greenhouse gas impacts of converting food production in England and Wales to organic methods

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurence G. Smith ◽  
Guy J. D. Kirk ◽  
Philip J. Jones ◽  
Adrian G. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Soil Carbon Sequestration ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Reduce Emissions ◽  
Farm Inputs

Abstract Agriculture is a major contributor to global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and must feature in efforts to reduce emissions. Organic farming might contribute to this through decreased use of farm inputs and increased soil carbon sequestration, but it might also exacerbate emissions through greater food production elsewhere to make up for lower organic yields. To date there has been no rigorous assessment of this potential at national scales. Here we assess the consequences for net GHG emissions of a 100% shift to organic food production in England and Wales using life-cycle assessment. We predict major shortfalls in production of most agricultural products against a conventional baseline. Direct GHG emissions are reduced with organic farming, but when increased overseas land use to compensate for shortfalls in domestic supply are factored in, net emissions are greater. Enhanced soil carbon sequestration could offset only a small part of the higher overseas emissions.

scholarly journals Crop traits drive soil carbon sequestration under organic farming

2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 2496-2505 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pablo García-Palacios ◽  
Andreas Gattinger ◽  
Helene Bracht-Jørgensen ◽  
Lijbert Brussaard ◽  
Filipe Carvalho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Sequestration ◽  
Soil Carbon ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Soil Carbon Sequestration
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