Embrapa showcases low-carbon agricultural technologies in Brazil at COP26

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Published Nov 13, 2021

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After two weeks of intense agenda in panels and round tables with representatives from around the world, the participation of Embrapa leaders and researchers in the 26th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, should, according to President Celso Moretti, repositioning the world view on Brazilian agriculture.

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"We defended a realistic and positive vision for the future of Brazilian agriculture and we had the opportunity to influence the change of the distorted view that still persisted about it", he said, commenting on the commitment made by Brazil to, by 2030, reduce it by 50% the emission of greenhouse gases and to become, by 2050, a neutral economy in terms of carbon, in addition to the global reduction of 30% in the emission of methane, between 2020 and 2030. According to Moretti, in all events where the Embrapa participated, there was great expectation regarding the results of its research, given its condition as a world reference in terms of tropical research. Among the results with the greatest repercussion is the already historic biological fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, in about 37 million hectares in the soybean chain, which in the past harvest provided the sequestration of about 100 million tons of CO2 and savings of R$ 28 billion for not using nitrogen fertilizer. Other ...

Source: Embrapa