Grazing for Carbon

How to increase the soil carbon content from grazing systems?

The final report of this Focus Group has been published.

Find all the information at a glance in the Grazing for carbon factsheet. 

Tasks:

• Explore grazing management practices from ruminants and their business models that have a beneficial impact on soil quality and more specific on the carbon content. Which examples can be found in the EU taking into account different regions, soil types and climate?
• Compare these different management practices taking into account cost-effectiveness, labour and knowledge intensity in relation to the soil quality, and more specific soil carbon content.
• How can these grazing management practices be adapted to other conditions?
• Analyse economic and technical factors that stimulate or limit the implementation of these grazing management practices and indicate how to address them exploring the role of innovation and knowledge exchange.
• Identify tools to improve grazing management, e.g. grass measurement, data recording, decision support systems.
• Identify innovative business models.
• Identify further research needs from practice, possible gaps in technical knowledge, and further research work to address them.
• Suggest innovative solutions and provide ideas for EIP-AGRI Operational Groups and other innovative projects.