Greenhouse Gas Mitigation & Low-Emission Agriculture

Methane from livestock and flooded rice, nitrous oxide from fertilised soils, carbon dioxide from machinery and land conversion — agriculture is a significant source of greenhouse gases, yet it is also one of the few sectors that can actively pull carbon back out of the atmosphere. That dual character makes it central to any serious climate strategy. Greenhouse Gas Mitigation & Low-Emission Agriculture is the session devoted to cutting those emissions while keeping farms productive and profitable.

Emissions in farming are diffuse and biological, which makes them harder to measure and manage than a smokestack. A field emits differently depending on its moisture, its fertiliser, its crop, and the weather of a given week. Understanding these dynamics is the first step; the second is intervening without sacrificing yield. This is where low-emission farming practices come in — improved nitrogen management, feed and manure strategies that curb methane, water management in rice, and energy efficiency across operations.

Delegates at this Agriculture Conference will weigh which mitigation options deliver real reductions versus marginal ones, and how mitigation can align with productivity rather than compete with it. The programme covers the major emission sources, measurement and accounting, practical mitigation across crops and livestock, and the policy and market mechanisms — from carbon credits to low-emission standards — that reward lower-footprint production. The throughline is pragmatic: emissions cuts that farmers can adopt because they make agronomic and economic sense, not just environmental ones.