Carbon Farming and Its Impact on Agricultural Technology

EPR2023026

11/03/2023

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The agricultural sector is responsible for a large share of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. At the same time, methods such as targeted land use change can reduce emissions from landscape elements and sequester carbon from the atmosphere in the soil. This process, also known as carbon farming, has not been uniformly defined, and faces challenges regarding establishing new requirments for agricultural vehicles and technology, creating profitable business models (that preclude “greenwashing”), and developing governmental frameworks and industry acceptance.
Carbon Farming and Its Impact on Agricultural Technology discusses the large development gap for carbon farming methods, especially with regard to agricultural technology. In addition to the new hardware requirements arising from land use change, there is also a need for the further development of software. The establishment of suitable interfaces and solutions that are interoperable with existing technologies is also crucial at this point. This report clearly shows that more funding for research and development is needed today so that appropriate standards can be set and carbon farming can contribute to climate protection in the future.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/EPR2023026
Pages
28
Citation
Lehmann, J., and Dwerlkotte, N., "Carbon Farming and Its Impact on Agricultural Technology," SAE Research Report EPR2023026, 2023, https://doi.org/10.4271/EPR2023026.
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Nov 3, 2023
Product Code
EPR2023026
Content Type
Research Report
Language
English