Organic farming as climate change mitigation, adaptation strategy pushed

Organic farming, he added, promotes carbon sequestration. This is achieved through, among others, cultural management practices, such as use of compost and other organic materials for soil fertility enhancement, practice of biodiversity-based farming systems (mixed cropping and use of green manures, legume-based crop rotation, agroforestry systems involving annual crops, perennials, trees and hedges).

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