At the 2025 Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) in Berlin in January, an expert panel “Cultivating a greener future – toward sustainable use of biomass for carbon sequestration” was held. This panel was hosted by the AgriDENZ project and its partners - Thünen Institute, BMEL, MPI and GRA.
The event, which was a great success, hosted four experts from around the globe: Prof. Dr. Axel Don (Thünen Institute, Germany), Prof. Vincent Logah (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, Ghana), Dr. Sam McNally (Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, New Zealand), and Dr. Virginia Pravia (National Agricultural Research Institute, Uruguay). The discussion explored the potential to contribute to climate change mitigation through carbon accrual in soils and agricultural biomass in different regions and the need to consider carbon loss mitigation. The panellists also shared regional best practices. These include biochar, hedges and agroforestry in Europe; the African Dark Earth phenomenon and indigenous practices in West Africa; and practices for grassland soils such as full inversion or no tillage in New Zealand and Uruguay.
Further information on the event, including a video and a copy of the presentation slides, are available on our LinkedIn page and project website.
