The term 'carbon farming' is used to describe a suite of crops and agricultural practices that sequester carbon in the soil. If widely implemented, these practices have the capacity to sequester hundreds of billions of tons of carbon from the atmosphere in the coming decades. Combined with a massive global reduction in fossil fuel emissions, it can bring us back from the brink of disaster and return our atmosphere to the 'magic number' of 350 parts per million of carbon dioxide. These practices can also feed people, build more fertile soils, and contribute to ecosystem health

Big idea. Climate realities ; Agricultural climate change mitigation and adaptation ; Carbon sequestration potentials ; Agroforestry and perennial crops ;- A multifunctional solution -- A global toolkit of practices and species. Annual cropping systems ; Livestock systems ; Perennial cropping systems ; Additional tools ; Introduction to species -- Perennial staple crops. Introduction to perennial staple crops ; Basic starch crops ; Balanced carbohydrate crops ; Protein crops ; Protein-oil crops ; Edible oil crops ; Sugar crops -- Perennial industrial crops. Industrial crops: materials, chemicals, and energy ; Biomass crops ; Industrial starch crops ; Industrial oil crops ; Hydrocarbon crops ; Fiber crops ; Other industrial uses -- Road map to implementation. A three-point plan to scale up carbon farming ; Support farmers and farming organizations to make the transition ; Effectively finance carbon farming ; Remove national and international policy barriers ; Strategic next steps --

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Global species matrix --

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Clean dry weight yield calculations --

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Carbon sequestration rates --

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Changes in Latin names