Advances on reseach of lowcarbon agriculture

Low carbon economy is becoming a global focus problem since World Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. Lowcarbon economy is an economic model which is based on low energy consumption, low emissions and low pollution. Lowcarbon agriculture is a form of low carbon economy in agriculture, which is not only improving the agroecosystem adaptation to climate change, but also reducing the influence of agricultural development on the ecosystem carbon cycle, and maintaining the carbon balance of the biosphere. Reviewing rencent literature on the subject, the concept and characteristic of lowcarbon agriculture, the status of lowcarbon agricultural development, the carbon situation of grassland ecosystems, the problems and strategies in lowcarbon agricultural development are discussed. This review will be a valuable reference source for research of low carbon agriculture and grassland ecosystem and will promote carbon sequestration and mitigation research in China.