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	39.33	144.35
1998	2.8	29.1	80.93	297.02
1999	3.1	29.8	91.02	334.06
2000	3.3	30.1	100.23	367.85
2001	4.3	30.0	127.80	469.04
2002	5.2	29.5	153.56	563.58
2003	7.0	29.7	208.80	766.29
2004	8.9	30.3	268.21	984.34
2005	10.0	28.9	289.94	1,064.08
2006	11.2	30.6	342.60	1,257.35
2007	12.4	25.8	319.96	1,174.25
2008	13.5	30.2	406.34	1,491.28
2009	14.3	30.9	441.73	1,621.16
2010	15.7	31.6	495.86	1,819.80
2011	20.6	30.1	617.90	2,267.71
2012	22.0	30.8	676.92	2,484.29
2013	23.4	30.7	717.28	2,632.42
2014	23.4	33.4	780.85	2,865.63
2015	23.4	33.1	773.82	2,839.91
Total			6,933.08	25,444.41

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