Written by Charlotte Cunningham
The NFU has unveiled its vision of how British farming hopes to reach net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040. Charlotte Cunningham reports. Following reports in September’s issue of CPM – which looked at what Net Zero could mean for the arable sector – the NFU has today (10 September) announced how it plans to slash greenhouse gas emissions over the next 20 years. The new report, Achieving Net Zero: Farming’s 2040 Goal, sets out three pillars that will help the industry reach its ambitious goal: Improving farming’s productive efficiency; Improving land management and changing land use to capture more carbon; Boosting renewable energy and the wider bio-economy. The first of these is about reducing our own emissions, using a wide variety of techniques to enhance productivity and deliver the same output or more from every farm, working smarter to use fewer inputs. The second is about increasing farming’s ability to capture more carbon though bigger hedgerows, more trees and woodland, enhancing soil organic matter and conserving existing carbon stores in grassland and pasture. The third theme involves displacing GHG emissions from fossil fuels and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through bioenergy and bio-based materials like hemp fibre and…
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