Carbon Sequestration as Influenced by Cropping Practices: A Review

Abstract

Global warming has been a serious concern in recent times with regards to declining productivity which will soon emerge as a major challenge for future of agricultural systems. The major contributors to the global warming are the atmospheric carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide. Agriculture has the vast potential for the carbon sequestration. Certain modifications in agricultural practices can efficiently reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide. In this paper the role of conservation tillage, cropping pattern including crop rotation and intercropping, nutrient management, livestock management in agriculture, cover crops in sequestering the atmospheric carbon dioxide has been reviewed along with evidences of the work carried out across the nations.