Understanding Carbon Farming and Carbon Credit for Sustainable Environment

Abstract

Carbon farming is a single change to land management practices, such as minimal cultivation, agroforestry and methane-reducing additives to feed, or stubble retention, that maximizes carbon absorption while minimizing emissions. Carbon farming lowers CO2, CH4, and N2O levels as soil C sinks rise because adding organic carbon to the soil encourages soil aeration, which reduces denitrification and increases the sink capacity for CH4. Soil organic carbon increases soil redox potential and provides electron acceptors, which lowers the soil's ability to act as a source of N2O. When available N2 is microbially immobilised by carbon farming, soil's capacity to deliver N2O is diminished. Carbon farming is deemed productive when it produces a net gain of carbon when combined with better land management and/or conservation practices. Among the benefits are decreased greenhouse gas emissions, sequestered carbon, improved biodiversity, tolerance to drought, and more effective use of water. Landowners and government agencies will find it easier to buy and exchange carbon credits with the launch of several projects. Landowners store carbon in the soil, which is turned into credits that are collected and sold at specific intervals to offset emissions. These credits have the potential to enhance the client's financial circumstances and demonstrate that their actions help mitigate the negative effects of the industrial society. They are regularly bought without requiring an exchange.