{"id":3280,"date":"2025-06-30T19:48:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T19:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2025-08-01T19:55:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:55:54","slug":"argentine-corn-with-the-lowest-carbon-footprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/novedades\/argentine-corn-with-the-lowest-carbon-footprint\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentine corn with the Lowest Carbon Footprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to research conducted by @intiargentina, @inta.argentina, @maizararg, and @bcbaar, corn ? produced in #Argentina ?? generates up to 70% less #CarbonFootprint ? than corn from the #UnitedStates and #Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The adoption of best practices\u2014such as no-till farming ? and the use of cover crops\u2014has led to improved soil health and lower emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the 2021\/22 season, carbon emissions per kilogram of corn were 0.178\u202fkg CO\u2082-eq\/kg, which dropped to 0.156\u202fkg CO\u2082-eq\/kg when including practices like no-till and cover cropping.<br \/>\nPer hectare, the footprint was approximately 1,248\u202fkg CO\u2082-eq\/ha, and decreased to 1,097\u202fkg CO\u2082-eq\/ha when accounting for soil carbon removals.<\/p>\n<p>This means emissions are between 27% and 70% lower than those of other major producers like the U.S., Brazil, China, Canada, and Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The study highlights that nitrogen fertilization, input production, and residue management account for more than 90% of total emissions.<br \/>\nVarious agricultural practices\u2014especially no-till farming (used on 91% of Argentina\u2019s corn area) and the efficient use of fertilizers\u2014are key to this superior environmental performance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to research conducted by @intiargentina, @inta.argentina, @maizararg, and @bcbaar, corn ? produced in #Argentina ?? generates up to 70% less #CarbonFootprint ? than corn from the #UnitedStates and #Europe. The adoption of best practices\u2014such as no-till farming ? and the use of cover crops\u2014has led to improved soil health and lower emissions. Based on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3217,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[161,43,417,12,418,22,159,44,157,89,20],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3280"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3281,"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280\/revisions\/3281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genesisarg.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}