Carbon-Neutral Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration

 Carbon-neutral agriculture focuses on balancing greenhouse gas emissions from farming activities with carbon removal strategies, aiming to achieve net-zero emissions while maintaining productivity and food security. A central pillar of this approach is soil carbon sequestration, the process of capturing atmospheric carbon dioxide and storing it as organic carbon in agricultural soils. Healthy soils act as major carbon sinks, helping to mitigate climate change while improving soil fertility, structure, water retention, and microbial activity.



Practices such as conservation tillage, cover cropping, crop rotation, agroforestry, organic amendments, and biochar application enhance soil organic carbon by reducing carbon losses and increasing carbon inputs. These methods not only lower emissions from intensive land use but also increase resilience to climate extremes such as droughts and floods. Precision agriculture and digital monitoring tools further support carbon-neutral goals by optimizing fertilizer use, minimizing nitrous oxide emissions, and enabling accurate measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of soil carbon stocks.

Carbon-neutral agriculture also creates new economic opportunities through carbon farming and participation in voluntary carbon markets, where farmers can receive incentives for verified carbon sequestration. However, challenges remain in standardizing measurement techniques, ensuring long-term carbon permanence, and adapting practices to local agro-climatic conditions. Integrating soil carbon sequestration into mainstream agricultural policy and farm management is therefore critical for achieving sustainable, climate-resilient food systems while contributing meaningfully to global climate mitigation targets.




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