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Soil carbon and organic farming [1]

This report reveals that if all UK farmland was converted to organic farming, at least 3.2 million tonnes of carbon would be taken up by the soil each year - the equivalent of taking nearly 1 million cars off the road. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 89% of agriculture

Publication Date: 
01/11/2009
Soil Association [2]
Tags:
Soil Erosion [3], Agriculture [4], Organic Farming [5], Climate Change [6], Green House Gases [7], Climate Mitigation [8], Carbon Sequestration [9], Climate Adaptation [10], United Kingdom (UK) [11]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soil-erosion
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/organic-farming
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/green-house-gases
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-mitigation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-sequestration
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-adaptation
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-kingdom-uk