Annual increase in carbon sequestered based on 1996 average (kg carbon/ha)	Crop area (million ha)	Total additional carbon sequestered (million kg)	Total additional Carbon dioxide sequestered (million kg)
1996	0.0	26.0	0.00	0.00
1997	1.4	28.3	39.4	144.3
1998	2.8	29.1	80.9	297.0
1999	3.1	29.8	91.0	334.1
2000	3.3	30.1	100.2	367.8
2001	4.3	30.0	127.8	469.0
2002	5.2	29.5	153.6	563.6
2003	7.0	29.7	208.8	766.3
2004	8.9	30.3	268.2	984.3
2005	9.5	28.9	272.9	1,001.6
2006	10.0	30.6	306.9	1,126.4
2007	11.1	25.8	284.8	1,045.3
2008	10.9	30.2	327.9	1,203.5
2009	10.9	30.9	335.5	1,231.5
2010	10.2	31.6	320.7	1,177.0
2011	9.5	30.1	284.3	1,043.6
2012	9.5	30.8	291.4	1,069.6
2013	9.5	30.7	290.5	1,066.2
Total			3,784.8	13,890.8

Assumption: carbon sequestration remains at the 1996 level of −102.9 kg carbon/ha/year.