Elena Cristina PRUNĂ (BÜHLER), Gabriela PĂUNESCU, Liliana CIULU, Aurel Liviu OLARU4
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agricultural crops, carbon footprint, conventional, organic, production.
Global carbon emissions are mainly due to agricultural production and the machinery used to obtain them, as well as the use of inputs such as fertilizers and pesticides. The global carbon footprint due to this sector is approximately 8%., of which 75% is directly related to the use of fertilizers. For 4 agricultural crops: wheat, barley, corn and sunflower, grown in 2 agricultural farms: Terra Nostra Farm from Băilești - Demeter organic technology and Trăistaru Farm Băilești - conventional technology, the carbon footprint was calculated in the years 2023 and 2024.
The ratio of carbon emitted/carbon sequestered in corn ranged between 176.32 and 349.65 in organic versus conventional technology, in wheat almost identical in both technologies - Demeter organic versus conventional technology (817.45, respectively 818). Close to wheat, barley appears with a ratio value of 777.5 in conventional. In sunflower, the ratio of carbon emitted/carbon sequestered was 523.15 also in conventional technology.
Cite this paper: Prună (Buhler), E.C., Păunescu, G., Ciulu, L., Olaru, A.L. (2025). COMPARATIVE STUDIES BETWEEN CONVENTIONAL & ORGANIC DEMETER AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS ON THE MAIN AGRICULTURAL CROPS GROWN ON THE CHERNOZEM OF BAILEȘTI, DOLJ. I. CARBON FOOTPRINT OF WHEAT, BARLEY, CORN AND SUNFLOWER CROPS. Current Trends in Natural Sciences, 14(27), 300-306. https://doi.org/10.47068/ctns.2025.v14i27.034
