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Zero carbon agriculture: Sustainable practices and technologies for carbon-neutral food production

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https://doi.org/10.14719/pst.7014
Submitted
2 January 2025
Published
10-05-2025
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Abstract

Since the Industrial Revolution, global expansion has primarily depended on the extraction of natural resources. Anthropogenic activities, such as the widespread use of fossil fuels, deforestation and other types of land-use change, have increased levels of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere, contributing to global climate change. The most essential task in the world is to become carbon neutral by 2050 to counteract the deteriorating global climate change. To achieve this goal, it is required and challenging to modify present industrial processes to minimise GHG emissions and enhance CO2 removal from the atmosphere. The study suggested technologies to accelerate our race to C neutrality in a variety of areas, including renewable energy, sustainable food systems (increasing soil C sequestration and lowering C emissions), preserving the health of earth's largest C stores (restoring and protecting marine and forest ecosystems) and C-neutral chemical industrial production. The wealth of information offered in this study has the potential to enthral the global population and encourage the creation of innovative solutions to avert climate change while also supporting human activities. It also includes carbon sequestration solutions to facilitate the energy sector's net zero.

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