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June2021

Carbon sequestration

AGROVOC URI
http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_331583

FAO/Giulio Napolitano

Motivation: Soils are important carbon stores. The release of greenhouse gases in the soil, particularly through agricultural activities, has consequences for the global atmospheric CO2 budget. Measures that lead to long-term storage of carbon in the soil (carbon sequestration) are a key to mitigate climate change.

  • Concept of the month
    July2021

    Agrosilvopastoral systems

    Motivation: Sustainable production strategy that integrates agriculture, livestock and forestry within the same area, to obtain results which are synergic...

  • Concept of the month
    May2021

    Apiculture

    Motivation: The vernal, or spring, equinox signals the beginning of nature's renewal. It is also the time of year when...

  • Concept of the month
    April2021

    Vaccination

    Motivation: Human history proves that before the development of vaccines epidemics have mercilessly killed millions of people and livestock. It...

  • Concept of the month
    March2021

    Tillage

    Motivation: The month of March is the right time for cultivating and preparing the land for planting and sowing crops...