Carbon sequestration is basically the progression of transforming carbon in the air (carbon dioxide or CO2) stored in the soil carbon. Carbon dioxide is taken up with plants through the process of photosynthesis and built-in into living plant material. Agroforestry provides a sole opportunity to combine the double objectives of climate change adaptation and mitigation. It is an attractive alternative for sequestering carbon on agroforestry lands since it can sequester chief amounts of carbon still as leaving the bulk of the land in the production. It is most important option for carbon storage potential in its manifold plant species and soil, high applicability and indirect effects such as decreasing pressure on natural forest or soil erosion. |
