The impact of greenhouse gases(GHG),emitted from human activity,on the climate has,of course,been widely discussed.Additionally however,environmental degradation through cultivation and deforestation not only releases carbon from the biosphere,but has also disturbed the balance of the carbon cycle.Against this background the membership of Agri-Tech East,which includes scientists,farmers and technologists,is looking closely at ways that’sustainable’agriculture can be part of the solution.Carbon dioxide is a major GHG and the contribution of other types of gas is given as’carbon dioxide equivalents’to enable comparisons.Altogether emissions from UK farms amount to 45.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide(CO,) equivalent a year-about one-tenth of UK GHG emissions.
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