Publication
Soil carbon sequestration for advancing food security and offsetting CO2 Emissions
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Author(s):
R. Lal
Type of Document:
Media
Publisher/Journal:
Virginia Tech, Office of International Research, Education, and Development (OIRED)
Date of Publication:
2009
Place of Publication:
Blacksburg, VA
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Description
Agricultural soil C sinks, potentially significant depository of atmospheric CO2, are important to numerous ecosystems services including mitigation and adaptation to climate change, improvements in quantity and quality of renewable fresh water resources, enhancement of biodiversity, and increase in agronomic productivity. Technical soil C sequestration potential depends on C lost during the prior land use, soil management, and the attendant degradation in soil quality. The global maximum soil C sink capacity is 78