EU Commissioner Janusz Wojciechoski underlined the contribution
of agriculture to the climate targets and highlighted the benefits
that carbon farming practices can bring in terms of environmental
and climate benefits, as well as in terms of agriculture productivity
by increasing soil quality. He also stated that the increasing demand
for carbon credits could represent an additional source of income for
farmers. "This is a win-win-win situation, for the climate, for the quality
of our soils and for the farming community in terms of better productivity
and an opportunity for additional income."
"Natural carbon sinks will play a key role in the transition towards
a carbon neutral continent by 2050. And here, the carbon sequestration
of dairy grassland can offset a significant volume of emissions.
The Losser farm in France is just one of the many existing projects
within the European lactosphere aimed at enhancing carbon sequestration.
Developing reliable calculation methods and the right incentives
is now the challenge when drafting the legislative proposal," underlined
EDA secretary general Alexander Anton.
As showed by Alexis Losser in his farm, the dairy sector is actively
engaged in the fight against climate change and dairy pastureland offers
an excellent opportunity due to its capacity to store carbon. And
this is only part of our European dairy strategy: the goal of the dairy
sector is to improve the overall environmental performance of dairy operations.
Greenhouse gas emissions is, in fact, are only one indicator for
environmental sustainability, and a more holistic approach is needed to
ensure co-benefits are obtained on other environmental components
such as biodiversity and water use. The European Dairy Product Environmental
Footprint (PEF), approved by EU Commission and Members
States in 2018 as the reference methodology for the dairy sector, represents
the right tool for assessing the environmental performance of our
products across a broad range of environmental indicators.
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French farming minister
Julien Denormandie
at a dairy farm visit in
February 2022
EU Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski with his team
member Magdalena Majerczyk and EDA Secretary General
Alexander Anton at the Alsace farm visit
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