But scientists aren't sure no-till really sequesters carbon any better than conventional farming.
This is firstly something of a death knell for organic farming: we know that that is more land hungry than conventional farming.
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Conventional farming methods using conventional fertilisers are adding active nitrogen to the soil, which tends to move to other places - lakes, rivers, seas, the air.
"Organic farming is much less productive than conventional farming, " he said.
Organic food is often worse for the environment than conventional farming.
Conventional farming is likely to be harder on insects such as bees - which we know are already in trouble in many countries, partly through use of insecticides that organic farming systems should avoid.
Suddenly society was faced with dramatically reduced amounts of hydrocarbon energy, and the result was a fundamental reorganization of food production, leading to a boom in urban organic agriculture, which requires fewer inputs than conventional farming.
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It is specifically modified to be used with glyphosate, marketed by Monsanto as Roundup, an herbicide considered less damaging to crops, less environmentally harmful than the range of pesticides used in conventional farming and toxicologically benign.
But we can go further: I know the report does not mention GM directly but it is GM which offers us the best chance of increasing yields and thus decreasing the amount of land we need for conventional farming.
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Organic food, which is grown without man-made pesticides and fertilisers, is generally assumed to be more environmentally friendly than conventional intensive farming, which is heavily reliant on chemical inputs.
Organic farming scores better on biodiversity and soil composition, according to a review of studies comparing conventional and organic farming by Britain's farming ministry.
The only way to discover whether they will arise in real life, or whether they will be any more damaging than similar risks posed by conventional crops and farming practice, is to do more research in the field.
"There is less energy use from organic farming, and the conventional systems produce 40% more greenhouse gases, " Kintzer said.
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The vexed question of whether organic farming offers significant benefits over conventional methods has been raging on for years.
"Now conventional farmers are very careful when thinking of converting to organic farming and it will take time to convince them again, " Mr Dosch said.
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