BUILDUP OF CARBON – MYTH OR INDISPENSABLE?

Soil carbon has a direct correlation with soil quality. It is a major determinant of the soil ability to hold and release water and other nutrients that are essential for plant and their root systems to grow.

Soil carbon also plays an important role in maintaining the biotic habitats that make land management systems sustainable, resilient, and able to resist degradation.

Carbon sequestration, the process by which atmospheric carbon dioxide is taken up by plants through photosynthesis stored as carbon in biomass and soils, can help reverse soil fertility loss, limit GHG (Greenhouse Gas) concentration in the atmosphere and reduce the impact of climate change on agricultural ecosystems.