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McKinsey & Company identified in a new report – Agriculture and Climate Change: Reducing emissions through improved farming practices- 25 measures to reduce on-farm emissions that could abate 4.6 gigatons of carbon emissions by 2050.
- Zero-emissions on-farm machinery and equipment
- Variable-rate fertilization
- Reduced nitrogen application in China and India
- Dry direct seeding
- Low- or no-tillage
- Improved equipment maintenance
- Improved fuel efficiency of fishing vehicles
- Improved rice paddy water management
- Improved rice straw management
- Improved animal health monitoring and illness prevention
- Feed-grain processing for improved digestibility
- GHG-focused breeding and genetic selection
- Livestock nutrient use efficiency
- Optimal rice varietal selection
- Nitrogen-fixing rotations
- Improved fertilization of rice
- Nitrogen inhibitors on pasture
- Improved fertilization timing
- Controlled-release and stabilized fertilizers
- Animal feed additives
- Anaerobic manure digestion
- Technologies that increase livestock production efficiencies
- Animal feed mix optimization
- Conversation from flood to drip or sprinkler irrigation
- Specialty crop nutrition amendments
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