Assessing Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Opportunities and Implementation Strategies for Agricultural Land Management in the United States

Report coming soon. Access executive summary (.pdf) here >

This assessment provides information on the potential and feasibility of GHG mitigation from agricultural land management activities in the United States. We hope it will provide a roadmap for the inclusion of agricultural practices in government programs or market-based accounting protocols.  We provide a side-by-side comparison of the GHG mitigation potential of numerous agricultural management practices; identify gaps in data and research that would help advance GHG mitigation in agricultural systems in the U.S.; provide insights into the state of measurement and modeling capabilities for quantifying changes in GHGs and monitoring projects; and review options for setting baselines, monitoring, verification, estimating leakage, and handling the risk of carbon sequestration reversals.  The intended audience for this report includes legislative bodies that are designing new policies, government agencies that are developing new programs, carbon market registries or certification programs that are developing new mitigation protocols, and agricultural industry representatives investigating opportunities for GHG mitigation.