The Climate ChangeChallenge for Agriculture.pptVIP

The Climate ChangeChallenge for Agriculture Presentation to the Kyoto Mechanisms Seminar March 14, 2003 by Dr. R. J. MacGregor Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada The Agriculture Policy Framework (APF) is our basis for moving forward... …to promote sustainable and profitable resource use... …where addressing climate change is about contributing to environmental solutions that are economically sustainable Climate change is all about managing the carbon and nitrogen cycles Agriculture is based on using energy from the sun for photosynthesis to transform carbon nitrogen into food, fibre and bio