Soil management in organic carbon conservation

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  • Bertha P. Zamora-Morales Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias. Av. Progreso núm. 5, Barrio de Santa Catarina, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México. CP. 04010
  • Mayra Mendoza-Cariño Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Batalla 5 de mayo s/n esquina Fuerte de Loreto, Col. Ejército de Oriente, Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México. CP. 09230.
  • Dora Ma. Sangerman-Jarquín Campo Experimental Valle de México-INIFAP. Carretera Los Reyes-Texcoco km 13.5, Coatlinchan, Texcoco, Estado de México, México. CP. 56250
  • Abel Quevedo Nolasco Colegio de Postgraduados-Campus Montecillo. Carretera México-Texcoco km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, México. CP. 56230
  • Agustín Navarro Bravo Campo Experimental Valle de México-INIFAP. Carretera Los Reyes-Texcoco km 13.5, Coatlinchan, Texcoco, Estado de México, México. CP. 56250

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v9i8.1723

Keywords:

organic soil carbon, greenhouse gases, conservation tillage, carbon sequestration, land use

Abstract

 

The anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), distinguish these greenhouse gases (GEI) as the main causes of global warming. Which come from the energy (25.9%), industrial (19.4%), forestry (17.4%) and agricultural (13.5%) sectors worldwide. Of the total GEI flows, the agricultural sector contributes 25% of CO2, 55-60% of CH4 and 65-80% of N2O. The CO2 is generated mainly by deforestation in tropical regions, CH4, by livestock and rice crops, N2O by the use of fertilizers. Mexico is located within the 15 countries with the highest GEI production. Approximately 30% of its total emissions correspond to the agricultural, livestock and forestry sectors: two thirds are produced by land use activities (including change in use) and forestry the rest, by agriculture and livestock conventional. Due to the fact that soil organic carbon is related to the sustainability of agricultural systems, and in its content, affects soil management, various practices have been developed to favor their storage in the country's agricultural and forestry sectors. However, it is necessary to implement public policies that benefit the adoption and promotion of these practices and, at the same time, facilitate the fulfillment of the commitments that Mexico has acquired nationally and internationally, to minimize its GEI emissions.

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Published

2018-12-06

How to Cite

Zamora-Morales, Bertha P., Mayra Mendoza-Cariño, Dora Ma. Sangerman-Jarquín, Abel Quevedo Nolasco, and Agustín Navarro Bravo. 2018. “Soil Management in Organic Carbon Conservation”. Revista Mexicana De Ciencias Agrícolas 9 (8). México, ME:1787-99. https://doi.org/10.29312/remexca.v9i8.1723.

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