Source: Steve Davies, AGRI-PULSE, 11/30/20


This is the fourth part of our series, “Agriculture’s sustainable future: Feeding more while using less.” The third article looked at the prospects for farmers to get paid for practices and projects that sequester carbon or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. 

With farmers under pressure to cut their environmental footprint, global agribusiness giants as well as small tech startups are rushing to come up with ways to slash farm pollutants and make it possible for producers to cash in on carbon credits and other new forms of income.

These potential technological solutions include seed and soil treatments that can reduce the need for synthetic fertilizer or capture carbon from the air and store it in the soil. Feed additives can reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from belching cattle.

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