How to address barriers to the adoption of agricultural carbon sequestration

Michael A. Meneses, Miguel I. Gómez, David R. Just, Ravi Kanbur, David R. Lee and C.-Y. Cynthia Lin Lawell

Chapter 17 in Handbook on Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation, and Adaptation in Agriculture, 2026, pp 399-427 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: On-farm carbon sequestration offers a significant opportunity to mitigate global greenhouse gas emissions and meet IPCC and UN climate goals. Challenges in coordinating action among millions of decentralized agricultural producers may make widespread implementation difficult, however. This chapter explores the potential for addressing barriers to coordinated action by leveraging recent insights from plant and soil sciences to show how economic incentives to farmers can be realigned with pro-carbon management practices, like regenerative agriculture and organic farming, that enhance the ability of soils to store atmospheric carbon. Results show that a human capital improvement, wherein farmers are fully informed about the interactions between chemical inputs, soil health, and crop yields, leads to increases in the adoption of organic management, volume of agricultural carbon sequestration, and farmer welfare. In contrast, an organic subsidy leads to smaller increases in organic adoption and farmer welfare, and moreover does not substantially increase carbon sequestration.

Keywords: Carbon Sequestration; Regenerative Agriculture; Organic Farming; Soil Health; Plant And Soil Sciences; Pro-carbon Management Practices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035344963
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