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. 2020 Jul 24;11(4):215–241. doi: 10.1080/21645698.2020.1773198

Brazil (3 southernmost states) soybean: potential additional soil carbon sequestration (1997 to 2018).

  Annual increase in carbon sequestered based on 1997 average
(kg carbon/ha)
Crop area
(million ha)
Total addition carbon sequestered
(million kg)
Total addition Carbon dioxide sequestered
(million kg)
1997 0.0 6.2 0.00 0.00
1998 10.0 6.1 61.19 224.57
2000 30.0 6.0 179.52 658.84
2010 110.0 9.1 1,004.69 3,687.19
2015 120.0 11.5 1,385.45 5,084.59
2018 120.0 11.9 1,425.55 5,231.78
Total     17,339.75 63,636.87

Assumption: NT/RT = +175 kg carbon/ha/yr, CT = −25 kg carbon/ha/yr