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