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Sustainable Carbon Management Practices (CMP) - A Way Forward in Reducing CO 2 Flux

In: Climate Change in Asia and Africa - Examining the Biophysical and Social Consequences, and Society's Responses

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  • Biswabara Sahu
  • Snigdha Chatterjee
  • Ruby Patel

Abstract

Asian agriculture sector contributes about 44% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. Predominantly paddy rice cultivation couples with indiscriminate use of agrochemicals, burning of fossil fuels in farm machinery majorly causes GHG emissions from farmlands in Asia. Presently, Asian soils have 25% cropland soil organic carbon (SOC) content but with moderately to highly vulnerability towards land degradation. To make up the soil carbon losses which has occurred due to continuous cultivation and tillage, it is recommended to adopt suitable carbon management practices to sequester carbon in soil through their physio-chemical protection. Conservation agriculture (CA), cover crop, crop diversification, integrated nutrient management (INM) and balanced fertilisation promotes better soil structure formation, stabilisation of aggregate associated carbon, microbial polymerisation of organic matter as well as a better root architecture. Carbon management practices not only improve soil fertility but also supports improved grain and straw yield. More the yield more biomass addition occurs to the soil. Soil carbon sequestration may not be the only panacea of climate change related issues, but is certainly a way forward to enriched soil fertility, improved agronomic production as well as adaptive- mitigation for offsetting anthropogenic GHG emission.

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  • Biswabara Sahu & Snigdha Chatterjee & Ruby Patel, 2022. "Sustainable Carbon Management Practices (CMP) - A Way Forward in Reducing CO 2 Flux," Chapters, in: John P. Tiefenbacher (ed.), Climate Change in Asia and Africa - Examining the Biophysical and Social Consequences, and Society's Responses, IntechOpen.
    • Handle: RePEc:ito:pchaps:230154
    DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.97337
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    Keywords

    GHG; Paddy rice; CA; INM; Microbial polymerisation; Adaptive mitigation;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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