List agricultural practices that promote carbon loss and those that promote carbon sequestration
What will be an ideal response?
Agricultural practices that promote carbon loss
· Fire and burning of crop residues
· Soil erosion by wind and water
· Tillage
· Conversion of land from pasture/cover to tilled land
· Removal of plant residue from fields
· Overgrazing of pastures/rangelands
Agricultural practices that promote carbon sequestration
· Integration of annual and perennial cropping systems (such as permanent pasture)
· Conservation tillage and no-tillage
· Increase in perennial biomass crops such as switchgrass
· Green manures/cover cropping that provide year-round ground cover
· Addition of manures and compost
· Management of rangelands/pastures to promote even and regular grazing
· Tree planting and buffer strips on landscapes
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