Organic farming and climate change
Study focusing on organic agriculture and mitigation and adaptation to predictable and unpredictable impacts of climate change - looks at the general contribution of agriculture to climate change; discusses the considerable potential of organic agriculture for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, and its contribution to sequestration of CO2 in the soil; outlines weaknesses of organic agriculture in the context of climate change; discusses the inclusion of organic agriculture in voluntary CO2 emissions markets.
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