How Denmark is mitigating green house gases and increasing production in the agriculture sector? Presentation by Jos Cozijnsen

1. How Denmark is mitigating green
house gases and increasing production
in the agriculture sector?
Jos Cozijnsen

2. Evidence of impact
1. Various Danish policies: what you grow, ban
fertilizer, ban burning grass on land into biogas:
National MCO2: 1990: 3,5 Mt  2009 1.6, -> 2020
0 Mt with growing production and yield
2. Individual CFE Project of 11 ha combines
food, fodder, trees: crops, and energy important:
Not only food, need to add environment services:
Need add non market values, increase up/to 30%
3. Starting Point North: Oversupply, energy + Env.
Problems. For Small holder: Land rights and need
for intensification, but need
knowledge, compliance, consistent measuring

3. Going to scale
1. Resource efficiency= less GHG, more production:
Don’t take out biomass: can deliver food + energy
and ensure long term CO2 sequestration
2. Need to include environment service, cause
negative impact is lower with holistic look at Earth
and agriculture . Is Agro forestry + organic
farming, seen as romantic in North but practice for
small holders, but how to create real revenues?
3. Value by Linking South and North: Document what
you do on farm + measure CO2. a) Label for organic
and PES gives premium price; b)
carbon=biodiversity and value on CO2 Market