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Conservation Agriculture

Provided by: Project Drawdown |Published on: October 11, 2023
Articles/Websites Grades 9-12, ap-college

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  • This article examines the environmental impacts of tilling, what conservation agriculture entails, and how much CO2 equivalent emissions can be reduced if conservation agriculture continues to expand.
  • Students will learn that tilling can decrease the amount of nutrients in a field, conservation agriculture involves techniques such as crop rotation and cover cropping, and the continued growth of conservation agriculture would sequester many gigatons of CO2 equivalent emissions.
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Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Economics
Authors: Project Drawdown
Region: Global
Languages: English

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Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. Cities, universities, corporations, philanthropies, policymakers, communities, educators, activists, and more turn to Project Drawdown as they look to advance effective climate action. Project Drawdown resources for educators include the database of Drawdown Solutions, educational video series Climate Solutions 101, the Drawdown Stories initiative, and more. 

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