The Low Carbon Label, to be launched by the government in 2019, will enable projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to be certified and put to economic use.
In this context, various solutions are already at work in the agricultural sector:
✓ Carbon sequestration by reducing tillage and developing simplified cultivation techniques, or even Direct Seeding. The aim? To consume less fuel and thus reduce GHG emissions and the leaching of fertilising elements, but also to produce nitrogen and carbon, essential to the proper functioning of the soil, through plant cover crops rich in legumes.
✓ Maximisation of grassland in dairy systems, as grassland is a carbon-storing ecosystem.
✓ Promotion of Agroforestry and hedge planting to encourage biodiversity.
˗˗˗ How to promote your project? ˗˗˗
STEP 1 : USE A METHOD TO COMMIT TO THE LOW-CARBON LABEL
Several recognised ‘Low-Carbon Label’ methods provide a framework for eligible projects and specify the guidelines:
- ‘Carbon’Agri’ for cattle, sheep and arable farms
- ‘Input management’ for all farms
STEP 2 : DIAGNOSE YOUR FARM
This process begins with an inventory to establish the farm’s carbon footprint. On the basis of this, an assessment is carried out to define the farming practices that help to reduce or store greenhouse gases, using the levers identified by the Low Carbon Label methods. Once the project has been finalised, the farmer submits his application to the Ministry of Ecological Transition to obtain the Low Carbon Label for his project.
In the long term, the aim is to help agriculture to commit to agro-ecological approaches that make a major contribution to meeting the challenge of global warming and achieving the national objective of carbon neutrality by 2050.
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