AGRICULTURAL GREEN DEVELOPMENT TO ACHIEVE FOOD SECURITY AND CARBON REDUCTION IN THE CONTEXT OF CHINA’S DUAL CARBON GOALS

Highlights

● To achieve food security, Chinese agriculture– food system could not achieve C neutrality.

● China’s dual carbon goals has put forward more strict requirements for the green development of agriculture.

● The realization of C mitigation potential lies in the extensive application of existing technologies and technological innovation.

Abstract

The agricultural sector, a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, and emissions from agriculture must be reduced substantially to achieve carbon (C) neutrality. Based on a literature analysis and other research results, this study investigated the effects and prospects of C reduction in agricultural systems under different scenarios (i.e., methods and approaches) in the context of China’s dual C goals, as those working in the agricultural sector have yet to reach a consensus on how to move forward. Different views, standards, and countermeasures were analyzed to provide a reference for agricultural action supporting China’s C neutrality goal.

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Keywords

agriculture / carbon neutrality / carbon peak / food security / carbon mitigation strategies

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by National Key Research and Development Program of China (SQ2022YFD2300030), National Natural Science Foundation of China (42201292), National Major Agricultural Science and Technology Project (NK2022180604), and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Key Laboratory of Green and Low Carbon Agriculture in Northeast Plain (LCGANE01).

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Yulong Yin, Kai He, Zhong Chen, Yangyang Li, Fengling Ren, Zihan Wang, Yingcheng Wang, Haiqing Gong, Qichao Zhu, Jianbo Shen, Xuejun Liu, and Zhenling Cui declare that they have no conflicts of interest or financial conflicts to disclose. This article does not contain any studies with human or animal subjects performed by any of the authors.

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