PA009
Carbon-neutral agriculture – options and opportunities
Session ID#: 80390
Session Description:
Agricultural food production is increasingly under pressure to lower its environmental impact, especially with respect to the emission of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Unfortunately, GHG sources are diverse and hard to regulate, thus requiring a holistic systems understanding to develop viable mitigation strategies. How close to a net-zero (carbon neutral) food production system (cradle-to-farm gate) can we get? Will these carbon neutral practices maintain their effectiveness despite changing climate patterns? This session seeks examples of existing and novel agricultural production systems that approach carbon neutrality through various pathways: reduction of present GHG contributions, reduction of fossil fuel reliability, emission offsets (e.g., carbon storage, renewable energy generation), and/or increased efficiency. We encourage presenters to also include tests or estimates as to how such systems are likely to perform under a changing climate.
Index Terms:
0231 Impacts of climate change: agricultural health [GEOHEALTH]
0299 General or miscellaneous [GEOHEALTH]
0402 Agricultural systems [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0428 Carbon cycling [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
Primary Convener: Roland Kroebel, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Conveners: Christina Tonitto, Cornell University, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States and James M Byrne, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Primary Liaison: Roland Kroebel, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
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