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PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE , SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE
1 2 3 4 5
PATHWAYS TO BARLEY DECARBONISATION
EFFICIENCY
in plots concerned
1 . Planting hedges along plot borders
2 . Developing intermediate cover crops
( surface area and biomass produced )
3 . New organic inputs
4 . Returning crop residues
FLAG levers
Increase carbon storage
in the soil
+ +
+
+
+ + +
EFFICIENCY
in reducing carbon footprint
of cultivation
1 . Replace high - emission nitrogen sources with low - emission
forms ( for example , urea > ammonium nitrate )
2 . Optimise nitrogen use ( using management tools , incorporating
legumes in crop rotations )
3 . Apply nitrification inhibitors ( for example , on 100 % of nitrogen )
4 . Reduce fuel use in machinery by 20 % ( direct seeding ,
eco - driving , equipment adjustments )
5 . Adopt decarbonised fertilisers ( manufacturing
process with less emissions )
E & I levers
FLAG levers
Reduce direct and indirect GHG
emissions ( N
2
O , CH
4
, CO
2
)
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+
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Sustainability Report 2025 Malting a world of difference
