04495naa a2200373 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400360007410000150011024501360012526000090026150011650027052020580143565300410349365300190353465300210355365300290357465300450360365300260364865300220367465300180369665300130371465300400372765300530376765300410382065300250386170000220388670000140390870000180392270000170394070000200395777301440397710644642024-02-19       2024    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a1774-07467 a10.1007/s13593-023-00938-02DOI1 aJEBARI, A.  aFeasibility of mitigation measures for agricultural greenhouse gas emissions in the UK. A systematic review.h[electronic resource]  c2024  aArticle history: Accepted 24 November 2023;  Published 28 December 2023. -- Correspondence: Jebari, A.; Net Zero and Resilient Farming, Rothamsted Research, North Wyke, Devon, Okehampton, United Kingdom; email:asma.jebari@rothamsted.ac.uk  -- Document type: Review-Hybrid Gold Open Access. -- Publisher: Springer-Verlag Italia s.r.l. -- FUNDING: Asma Jebari was financially supported by the Science Initiative Catalyst Award (SICA) program, an internal UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (UKRI-BBSRC) award. Fabiana Pereyra was supported by Beca de movilidad ANII (Agencia Nacional de Investigacion e Innovacion) MOV_CA_2021_1_171482. Atul Kumar acknowledges funding from the UK Government's Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra). Graham McAuliffe and Adrian L. Collins acknowledge funding from Rothamsted Research?s Institute Strategic Program "Soil to Nutrition" (S2N) supported by UKRI-BBSRC BBS/E/C/000I0320 & BBS/E/C/000I0330. -- Supplementary information: https://static-content.springer.com/esm/art%3A10.1007%2Fs13593-023-00938-0/MediaObjects/13593_2023_938_MOESM1_ESM.docx  --  aABSTRACT.- The UK Government has set an ambitious target of achieving a national "net-zero" greenhouse gas economy by 2050. Agriculture is arguably placed at the heart of achieving net zero, as it plays a unique role as both a producer of GHG emissions and a sector that has the capacity via land use to capture carbon (C) when managed appropriately, thus reducing the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. Agriculture?s importance, particularly in a UK-specific perspective, which is also applicable to many other temperate climate nations globally, is that the majority of land use nationwide is allocated to farming. Here, we present a systematic review based on peer-reviewed literature and relevant "grey" reports to address the question "how can the agricultural sector in the UK reduce, or offset, its direct agricultural emissions at the farm level?" We considered the implications of mitigation measures in terms of food security and import reliance, energy, environmental degradation, and value for money. We identified 52 relevant studies covering major foods produced and consumed in the UK. Our findings indicate that many mitigation measures can indeed contribute to net zero through GHG emissions reduction, offsetting, and bioenergy production, pending their uptake by farmers. While the environmental impacts of mitigation measures were covered well within the reviewed literature, corresponding implications regarding energy, food security, and farmer attitudes towards adoption received scant attention. We also provide an open-access, informative, and comprehensive dataset for agri-environment stakeholders and policymakers to identify the most promising mitigation measures. This research is of critical value to researchers, land managers, and policymakers as an interim guideline resource while more quantitative evidence becomes available through the ongoing lab-, field-, and farm-scale trials which will improve the reliability of agricultural sustainability modelling in the future. © 2023, The Author(s).  aAffordable and clean energy - Goal 7  aArable farming  aCarbon footprint  aClimate action - Goal 13  aDecent work and economic growth - Goal 8  aFarming interventions  aLivestock systems  aMixed farming  aNet zero  aPartnership for the goals - Goal 17  aResponsible consumption and production - Goal 12  aSustainable Development Goals (SDGs)  aZero hunger - Goal 21 aPEREYRA GODAY, F.1 aKUMAR, A.1 aCOLLINS, A.L.1 aRIVERO, M.J.1 aMCAULIFFE, G.A.  tAgronomy for Sustainable Development, 2024, Volume 44, Issue 1, Article 2. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13593-023-00938-0  -- OPEN ACCESS.