Argentine corn has the lowest carbon footprint

Specialists from the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (Inta) and the Institute of Industrial Technology (Inti) presented the results of a study commissioned by the Argentine Association of Corn and Sorghum (Maizar) on the carbon footprint of cereals in Argentina, that is, how many greenhouse gases are emitted by the corn chain in the country, from its production in the field, its transformation into various products and export. The investigation showed that the country, in the 2021-22 campaign, emitted 1,246 kilograms of carbon dioxide per hectare, and 0.178 per kilogram of corn, which presented the best balance among the main cereal producing countries, in the weighted average between early and late afternoon. In this result, the investigation found that the emissions from fertilization and fertilizer production are what have the most impact: between the two, they add up to more than 50% . There is also a high emission of crop residues, herbicide and fuel production. ...