Stop drainage and cultivate reed grass instead of potatoes on peat soil, says agricultural emissions study
Researchers from Aarhus University are comparing greenhouse gas emissions from a conventional potato crop rotation on drained peat soil with the cultivation of reed canary grass for biomass production on undrained or poorly drained peat soil. Credit: Poul Erik Lærke Drained peat soils in Denmark account for about one-third of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. “One