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Aerial view of tractor in wheat field harvesting straw for biomass power generation

China can make staple crops carbon-negative by adding biochar to soil

14 February 2023

Researchers calculate that alternative farming practices could turn staple crop production into a carbon sink and boost crop yields in China if adopted en masse
Wakelyns Agroforestry, Suffolk, UK

Most English farmers willing to plant trees to combat climate change

7 June 2022

A survey of 224 arable farmers across the south-east and east of England finds 60 per cent would consider small agroforestry plantations that could absorb atmospheric CO2

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