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. 2015 Mar 11;6(2):103–133. doi: 10.1080/21645698.2015.1025193
  Annual increase in carbon sequestered based on 1998 average (kg carbon/ha) Crop area (million ha) Additional carbon sequestered (million kg) Additional Carbon dioxide sequestered (million kg)
1998 0.0 32.4 0.0 0.0
1999 1.6 31.3 51.4 188.8
2000 3.3 32.2 105.8 388.3
2001 4.3 30.6 130.8 479.9
2002 5.3 31.9 167.6 615.2
2003 6.4 31.8 203.3 746.3
2004 7.5 32.5 244.6 897.8
2005 11.2 33.1 370.3 1,359.2
2006 14.8 31.7 470.6 1,727.0
2007 18.3 37.9 691.3 2,537.1
2008 16.9 31.8 537.4 1,972.4
2009 23.5 32.2 756.8 2,777.3
2010 21.4 32.8 701.8 2,575.6
2011 23.0 34.4 789.6 2,897.7
2012 23.0 35.4 812.7 2,982.6
2013 23.0 35.5 815.4 2,992.6
Total     6,849.4 25,138.8

Assumption: carbon sequestration remains at the 1998 level of 77.3 kg carbon/ha/year.