Net-Zero Emissions for Sustainable Food Production and Land Management—2nd Edition
A special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395). This special issue belongs to the section "Soil and Plant Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 330
Special Issue Editors
Interests: carbon footprint; nitrogen footprint; reactive nitrogen; greenhouse gases; nitrous oxide; greenhouse gas intensity; carbon budget; biochar; nitrogen use efficiency
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Interests: biochar application in soil improvement; colloid transportation in the environment; remediation of polluted soil
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nowadays, more and more industries and companies are pledging to become carbon neutral, net-zero or even carbon-negative to combat global climate changes. Net-zero emissions balance the total amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) released and the amount removed from the atmosphere, and serve as the core of carbon neutrality. How is it possible to achieve net-zero emissions for sustainable food production or land management while ensuring our food security and humanity’s welfare? Future sustainable agriculture should explore systems with low net GHG emissions and GHG intensities at high crop productivity and low environmental damage costs. Research and reviews on greenhouse gas emissions and mitigations, life cycle assessments and net ecosystem economic benefits are invited for submission to this Special Issue in order to foster a better understanding of this issue among scientists and policy makers.
Prof. Dr. Zhengqin Xiong
Prof. Dr. Jianying Shang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- carbon footprint
- greenhouse gases
- greenhouse gas intensity
- carbon budget
- biochar
- carbon sequestration
- net ecosystem economic benefit
- profile carbon storage
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