🏭CommercialAgriculture & Food • Regenerative Agriculture

Regenerative Agriculture

Holistic farming practices that rebuild soil health and capture carbon, potentially sequestering 1.85 GtCO₂ annually. Uses cover crops, diverse rotations, and reduced tillage to increase farm biodiversity by 40%.

How It Works

Regenerative agriculture employs cover crops to improve soil health and reduce erosion, diverse crop rotations to enhance biodiversity and soil fertility, and reduced tillage practices to maintain soil structure. Integration of livestock grazing and composting further builds soil organic matter and carbon sequestration.

Advantages

Rebuilds soil health and captures atmospheric carbon. Can sequester 1.85 GtCO₂ annually through improved practices. Increases farm biodiversity by 40%. Reduces input costs through improved soil fertility. Enhances resilience to climate variability and extreme weather.

Challenges

Transition to regenerative agriculture requires 3-5 years. Shows 20% yield variability during transition period. Requires new knowledge and management skills. Initial implementation may reduce short-term profitability. Complex systems management compared to conventional approaches.