This chapter begins by describing how the climate crisis threatens to disrupt agricultural production at immense cost to society.
We then outline agricultural emissions at the global, national, and state levels, demonstrating the need for quick and ambitious action to change agricultural practices. We explain why official figures significantly underestimate agricultural emissions and why, compounding the problem, agricultural emissions are difficult to estimate with precision. We conclude by explaining the need to transform agriculture from one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases into a net sink.
More on the topic This chapter begins by describing how the climate crisis threatens to disrupt agricultural production at immense cost to society.:
- Chapter III. The Climate Crisis and Agriculture
- Chapter IV. Climate-Friendly Agricultural Systems and Practices
- A variety of federal, state, and local agencies outside of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) support or regulate agricultural production.
- To implement sound policy and pursue effective legal strategies, decisionmakers and advocates must become familiar with the climate-friendly agricultural practices that constitute carbon farming.1
- chapter eight Crisis and Restoration, 91-70
- Congress’ expressed purpose for supporting agricultural research and extension is not only to increase the productivity of agriculture,7 but also to “[maintain and enhance] the natural resource base on which rural America and the United States agricultural economy depend.”8
- Chapter V. Transforming Farm Policy Toward Climate-Neutral Agriculture
- Chapter VI. Public Policy Pathways Beyond USDA for Advancing Climate-Neutral Agriculture
- Chapter VII. Private- and Nonprofit-Sector Opportunities for Advancing Climate-Neutral Agriculture
- CHAPTER 12 Global Governance and the Myth of Civil Society Participation
- Describing a Legal System
- The U.S. Approach in Light of Precautions and Cost-Benefit Analysis
- 1. Emissions From Fertilizer Production
- The Birth of a Hybrid: Production of Scientific Knowledge on Glucosamine
- With this citation below, Jack R. Harlan, a noted American agronomist of the twentieth century, begins one of his most famous books, where he develops a philosophy of the evolution of crop plants and civilization.