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Greenhouse gases: requirements and guidelines for the quantification of GHG emission reduction and removal enhancements from land agronomic management practices

Scope

The protocol describes the requirements, methods and tools eligible to quantify carbon footprint from land agronomic practices. The protocol relies on the application of tested process-based crop and biogeochemistry models able to simulate the impact of agronomic land practices on SOC sequestration and GHG emissions reductions.
Key elements of the protocol include:
• Model input and source
• Model validation from measurements available from benchmarking sites or scientific literature for the area of evaluation • Quantification of model uncertainties
• List of agronomic management practices suitable to increase soil carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emission reductions