The role of nuclear techniques in climate-smart agriculture

Our current challenge in agriculture is to increase production to feed a growing human population, while keeping environmental costs to a minimum. Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) refers to those agricultural systems that are highly productive and have low environmental footprints. These systems' management options enhance the transfer of atmospheric carbon, or carbon dioxide, to the soil for long-term storage, limiting the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) to the atmosphere.