Organic farming gives no climate change benefit through soil carbon sequestration

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Leifeld, Jens ^a   Angers, Denis A ^b   Chenu, Claire ^c   Fuhrer, Jürg ^a   Kätterer, Thomas ^d   Powlson, David S ^e  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FOOD INDUSTRY; LAND USE; LETTER; LIVESTOCK; ORGANIC FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; SOIL;

EID: 84875013632     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1220724110     Document Type: Letter

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