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It was found by Indonesian scientists that total SOM was higher if the high clay and silt content was found in soil. The other factors like low pH, rainfall and higher altitude were found responsible for higher soil organic content. The organic content of peatland soil was estimated

Agricultural land of South Korea is about 174 Mt. (1 m depth) for the storage of carbon. Soil organic carbon stocks in grass and agricultural lands were as large as 88 and 68 t C ha−1,

zone [113], and the C stock of Australian topsoils was found to be around 25 Gt because of

Greenhouse effect was the natural phenomena, but humans are responsible for the escalation of it leading to the global warming and climate change (CC). Due to climate change, the natural environment is facing different types of unexpected and high-intensity weather events. Climate change mitigation or the solution of all the above problems lies in the reduction of the C concentrations in the atmosphere. There are many sinks for CS including forests, soil, oceans and crop plants. Soil CS and crop production is a better, economical and reliable option because it captures C as well as grows plants which provide food to us. C sequestration in crop lands and rangelands requires certain amounts of organic matter (OM) presence in the soil called soil organic matter (SOM). Organic amendments like animal and poultry manures, the incorporation of different crop residues, different types of compost, sugarcane bagasse, peat soils, different wood chips, B and good agricultural practices like cover crops, nutrient management, mulching, zero and no-tillage techniques, soil biota management and mulching are effectively used for this purpose. These enhance the soil organic matter and improve the soil's physical and chemical properties that help to sequester more C in the soil, which

can be found in the top 1 m. Humid forest zone contains more C than any other

is found in top 0.3 m soil layer and a total of

to be about 33.7 Gt of the 20.9 M ha area of peat soils [111].

A study in Nigeria also revealed that 20-60 t ha-1

great land mass as well as low temperature [114].

ultimately contributes towards CS and CC mitigation.

respectively [112].

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**4. Conclusions**

**Abbreviations**

B biochar

C carbon

SOM soil organic matter

CS carbon sequestration

CT conservation tillage

118 Mg C ha-1

Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi, Muhammad Sabir\*, Nukshab Zeeshan, Khurram Naveed and Muhammad Mahroz Hussain

\*Address all correspondence to: cmsuaf@gmail.com

Institute of Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
