A Vision toward Regenerative Organic Agriculture to Sustain Climate Change and Combat Global Warming

Abstract

Regenerative Agriculture (RA) could be considered as a part of acquiring and maintaining sustainability. RA depends on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for functioning and enhancements related to all kinds of natural resources. The existence of Air and Water Quality Acts and capitalizing on the benefits of the soil-water-air nexus depends on implementing a "Soil Quality Act". The rate of the annual increase in soil C is only transient, even if soil organic matter rises as a result of better management. The rate of carbon accumulation slows as a new equilibrium is reached. Under cultivation at a lower level than a natural vegetative cover. Most intergovernmental panel on climate change (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) scenarios incorporate net-negative emission technologies to maintain global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C, over pre-industrial levels given present trends in greenhouse gas emissions. Vermicompost has proven to be a "miracle plant growth enhancer". It promotes 30-40% over chemical and organic fertilizers and protects plants from pests and diseases. Studies have shown that composting earthworm waste significantly reduces total greenhouse gas emissions in the form of CO2 equivalents, especially nitrous oxide (N2O), which is 296-310 times greenhouse gas than CO2. The study showed that the vermicomposting system emitted an average of 463 CO2-e/m2/h. This is significantly less than the landfill emissions of 3640 CO2-e /m2 /h. Vermicomposting released at least N2O – 1.17 mg/m2/h compared to aerobic and anaerobic compost (1.48 and 1.59 mg/m2/h, respectively). Therefore, earthworms can play a good role in greenhouse gas reduction and mitigation strategies in  municipal solid waste disposal. Organic systems show a nearly 30% increase in soil carbon over 27 years.