Carbon-Neutral Agriculture
Kerala is set to become the first State in the country to introduce carbon-neutral farming methods in selected locations.
About Carbon-Neutral Agriculture
- Carbon neutral agriculture refers to the net zero balance of emissions and sinks of all the greenhouse gases on farms in terms of their CO2 equivalents, resulting in climate neutral systems.
Need
- India’s farm sector accounts for 14% of the country’s total greenhouse gas emissions, preceded by electricity (44%) and manufacturing industries and construction sectors combined (18%).
- The largest emissions from within agriculture come from livestock farming and continuously irrigated and deep-water paddy cultivation in the states of West ....
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