Economic incentives intended to catalyze environmentally responsible behavior have assumed a central role in confronting climate change, food insecurity, and natural resource degradation. Notwithstanding their promise, many programs underperform owing to methodological gaps, limited transparency, and insufficient regulatory oversight. Carbon Incentives, Plans, and Policies in Agriculture undertakes a critical appraisal of these constraints and advances evidence‑based propositions for strengthening carbon credit mechanisms across agricultural systems and value chains.
The volume assembles a globally diverse authorship to synthesize emergent strategies and forward trajectories in carbon financing and monetization, green accounting, ecological and environmental economics, and carbon credit trading, while situating these within the broader sustainability imperatives of agroecosystems. Distinctive emphasis is placed on measurement and methodological rigor, including quantification protocols, MRV frameworks, and domain‑specific estimation approaches for soils, croplands, grasslands, and agroforestry, together with field-level interventions (e.g., energy and water use efficiency, best management practices, and green manuring) and technological enablement (notably, AI-supported assessment). Integrating scientific, policy, and economic perspectives, this book furnishes a conceptual and operational foundation for scholars, researchers, industry practitioners, and policymakers seeking to design effective, transparent, and equitable governance and planning protocols for a low‑carbon agricultural transition.
1. Section I: Introduction - p. S1 2. Agriculture for capturing atmospheric CO2 and monetizing carbon credits in the green economy: policies and actions - p. 3 3. Section II: Agriculture and soil carbon - p. S17 4. Chapter 2. Challenges and solutions in carbon credits generated through carbon farming - p. 19 5. Chapter 3. Understanding greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture through land-use practices and policy perspectives - p. 35 6. Chapter 4. Soil microbiomes in carbon farming: Pathways to enhance soil carbon sequestration - p. 53 7. Chapter 5. Farm waste recycling for the green economy - p. 69 8. Chapter 6. Advocating carbon-based agroforestry systems - p. 81 9. Chapter 7. Carbon credits drive sustainable agriculture - p. 93 10. Section III: Management practices in agriculture for carbon incentives - p. S109 11. Chapter 8. Agronomic and technological interventions toward carbon farming - p. 111 12. Reducing CO2 emissions with best management practices - p. 127 13. Chapter 10. Field-level issues and carbon management strategies to meet carbon credit program requirements - p. 139 14. Chapter 11. Green manuring practices for carbon-negative emissions - p. 153 15. Chapter 12. Enhancing energy and water use efficiency to reduce carbon footprint - p. 171 16. Chapter 13. Application of artificial intelligence to evaluate carbon credits in agriculture - p. 205 17. Chapter 14. Carbon sequestration potential of fruit trees - p. 221 18. Section IV: Methodological approaches for carbon incentives - p. S239 19. Chapter 15. Methodological approaches for calculating carbon credits from soils - p. 241 20. Chapter 16. Carbon credit estimation in croplands - p. 261 21. Chapter 17. Carbon credit estimation in agroforestry systems - p. 283 22. Chapter 18. Carbon credit estimation from grassland ecosystems - p. 301 23. Chapter 19. Energy conservation approaches to generate carbon credits in the agroecosystems - p. 315 24. Chapter 20. Greenhouse gas and carbon equivalent emissions: calculation and quantification - p. 331 25. Chapter 21. Measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of methodologies for carbon credits in cropping systems - p. 357 26. Chapter 22. Carbon incentives and quantification in agroforestry - p. 371 27. Section V: Plans and policies for carbon incentives - p. S393 28. Chapter 23. Research, development, and future directives toward carbon financing - p. 395 29. Chapter 24. Policy and legal frameworks for the successful implementation of green credits and financing - p. 417 30. Chapter 25. Plans and policies for carbon financing in agroforestry - p. 429 31. Chapter 26. Private sector contributions to carbon credit initiatives in Indian agriculture - p. 449 32. Chapter 27. Action plans toward net-zero emissions - p. 467 33. Index - p. 489
Economic incentives intended to catalyze environmentally responsible behavior have assumed a central role in confronting climate change, food insecurity, and natural resource degradation. Notwithstanding their promise, many programs underperform owing to methodological gaps, limited transparency, and insufficient regulatory oversight. Carbon Incentives, Plans, and Policies in Agriculture undertakes a critical appraisal of these constraints and advances evidence‑based propositions for strengthening carbon credit mechanisms across agricultural systems and value chains.
The volume assembles a globally diverse authorship to synthesize emergent strategies and forward trajectories in carbon financing and monetization, green accounting, ecological and environmental economics, and carbon credit trading, while situating these within the broader sustainability imperatives of agroecosystems. Distinctive emphasis is placed on measurement and methodological rigor, including quantification protocols, MRV frameworks, and domain‑specific estimation approaches for soils, croplands, grasslands, and agroforestry, together with field-level interventions (e.g., energy and water use efficiency, best management practices, and green manuring) and technological enablement (notably, AI-supported assessment). Integrating scientific, policy, and economic perspectives, this book furnishes a conceptual and operational foundation for scholars, researchers, industry practitioners, and policymakers seeking to design effective, transparent, and equitable governance and planning protocols for a low‑carbon agricultural transition.
1. Section I: Introduction - p. S1 2. Agriculture for capturing atmospheric CO2 and monetizing carbon credits in the green economy: policies and actions - p. 3 3. Section II: Agriculture and soil carbon - p. S17 4. Chapter 2. Challenges and solutions in carbon credits generated through carbon farming - p. 19 5. Chapter 3. Understanding greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture through land-use practices and policy perspectives - p. 35 6. Chapter 4. Soil microbiomes in carbon farming: Pathways to enhance soil carbon sequestration - p. 53 7. Chapter 5. Farm waste recycling for the green economy - p. 69 8. Chapter 6. Advocating carbon-based agroforestry systems - p. 81 9. Chapter 7. Carbon credits drive sustainable agriculture - p. 93 10. Section III: Management practices in agriculture for carbon incentives - p. S109 11. Chapter 8. Agronomic and technological interventions toward carbon farming - p. 111 12. Reducing CO2 emissions with best management practices - p. 127 13. Chapter 10. Field-level issues and carbon management strategies to meet carbon credit program requirements - p. 139 14. Chapter 11. Green manuring practices for carbon-negative emissions - p. 153 15. Chapter 12. Enhancing energy and water use efficiency to reduce carbon footprint - p. 171 16. Chapter 13. Application of artificial intelligence to evaluate carbon credits in agriculture - p. 205 17. Chapter 14. Carbon sequestration potential of fruit trees - p. 221 18. Section IV: Methodological approaches for carbon incentives - p. S239 19. Chapter 15. Methodological approaches for calculating carbon credits from soils - p. 241 20. Chapter 16. Carbon credit estimation in croplands - p. 261 21. Chapter 17. Carbon credit estimation in agroforestry systems - p. 283 22. Chapter 18. Carbon credit estimation from grassland ecosystems - p. 301 23. Chapter 19. Energy conservation approaches to generate carbon credits in the agroecosystems - p. 315 24. Chapter 20. Greenhouse gas and carbon equivalent emissions: calculation and quantification - p. 331 25. Chapter 21. Measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of methodologies for carbon credits in cropping systems - p. 357 26. Chapter 22. Carbon incentives and quantification in agroforestry - p. 371 27. Section V: Plans and policies for carbon incentives - p. S393 28. Chapter 23. Research, development, and future directives toward carbon financing - p. 395 29. Chapter 24. Policy and legal frameworks for the successful implementation of green credits and financing - p. 417 30. Chapter 25. Plans and policies for carbon financing in agroforestry - p. 429 31. Chapter 26. Private sector contributions to carbon credit initiatives in Indian agriculture - p. 449 32. Chapter 27. Action plans toward net-zero emissions - p. 467 33. Index - p. 489
