Carbon Farming: Climate-Smart Agricultural Technology

  • Agriculture contributes approximately what percentage to global greenhouse gas emissions? – 20% (FAO, 2020)
  • How many carbon credits does a farmer receive for removing one tonne of carbon emissions? – One carbon credit
  • What percentage of Indian farmers are small and marginal? – 85% (Government of India, 2021)
  • India’s agricultural land has the capacity to sequester how many billion tonnes of CO₂ equivalent annually? – 3 to 8 billion tonnes
  • Under the Kyoto Protocol, the value of one carbon credit is equivalent to the reduction of how many tonnes of CO₂? – One tonne
  • Under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), ....
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