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Organic Agriculture and Carbon Sequestration

Possibilities and constrains for the consideration of organic agriculture within carbon accounting systems

Year of publication 2009

Pages 30

Author Office of Assistant Director-General (Natural Resources Management and Environment Department)

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This document discusses the opportunities and constrains of carbon accounting for organic agriculture management in developed and developing countries. Organic agriculture offers a unique combination of environmentally-sound practices with low external inputs while contributing to food availability (Zundel et al., 2007). In developed countries, there is a steadily growing market for organic products, driven by the rising consumer awareness for health and environment (Willer et al., 200 9), which offers farmers a chance to produce for premium price markets and hence, an opportunity to increase their farm profitability and livelihoods. Recent studies have highlighted the substantial contribution of organic agriculture to climate change mitigation and adaptation (Niggli et al., 2009; Scialabba and Muller-Lindenlauf, 2010, in print). The potential of organic agriculture to mitigate climate change is mostly claimed on the basis of assumptions concerning the soil carbon sequestration potential of organic management.

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