Regional meeting of the “4 per 1000” Initiative in Asia on soil carbon sequestration: potential, opportunities, and strategies for healthy soils and climate change mitigation
Regional meeting of the “4 per 1000” Initiative in Asia on soil carbon sequestration: potential, opportunities, and strategies for healthy soils and climate change mitigation
From 19 to 21 September 2023, at the Kanha Shanti Vanam – Hyderabad (Inde)
This meeting is co-organized by the “4 per 1000” Initiative, International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Alliance Bioversity International – CIAT, Trust for Advancement of Agricultural Sciences (TAAS) and Heartfulness Institute.
Objectives of the Regional Meeting:
– To deliberate on the potential, challenges, opportunities, and strategies in soil C sequestration and soil health in Asia,
– To propose an implementation pathway from policy to action through a regional 4 per 1000 roadmap, which would include:
- An action plan for establishing a regional consortium to foster collaborative research around carbon sequestration in soils and maintaining healthy soils, and
- A regional database on good agricultural practices for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation to support transition and payment for ecosystem services.
