Mitigation of Environmental Impacts of Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture
A special issue of Plants (ISSN 2223-7747). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Physiology and Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 December 2023) | Viewed by 2788
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ecosystem ecology; global change ecology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The production of food, energy, fiber and wood with less environmental impact represents a major challenge for the agricultural sector. In addition to the search for environmental preservation, agriculture must aim at energy efficiency and the mitigation of degradation caused by changes in land use, especially in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The anthropogenic concentration of CO2 has reached an all-time high in recent years (400 ppm CO2eq), and by 2025 it is expected to reach 427 ppm, leading to a more than 1oC increase in global average temperature. Integrated agricultural systems are more efficient at conserving water and soil and cycling nutrients, consequently improving soil quality and reducing production costs, especially regarding fertilizers. These integrated systems also contribute to food security and promote ecosystem services such as GHG mitigation. Therefore, one of the alternatives to mitigating environmental impacts of GHGs is the adoption of integrated systems, such as no-till and crop–livestock, crop–livestock–forest and agroforestry systems. This Special Issue, “Mitigation of Environmental Impacts of Greenhouse Gases in Agriculture”, aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the potential of these conservationist and more resilient agricultural systems in mitigating GHG and global climate change. There is a particular interest in agricultural system research on GHG mitigation.
Dr. Arminda Moreira de Carvalho
Dr. Maria Lucrécia Gerosa Ramos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- sustainable agriculture
- greenhouse gas emissions
- low-carbon agriculture
- sustainable intensification systems
- organic matter
- no-tillage system
- crop–livestock integration
- crop–livestock–forest integration and agroforestry systems
