This report by the FAO (2009) takes as its starting point that the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report finding that agriculture worldwide emits 5-6 GT CO₂ eq a year, equivalent to 10-12% of global GHG emissions (the figure does not include land use change. The IPCC made four key recommendations on how agriculture could mitigate GHG emissions covering the areas of:

• crop rotations and farming system design;
• nutrient and manure management;
• livestock management, pasture and fodder supply improvement;
• fertile soil maintenance and restoration of degraded land.

The report asserts that “Organic agriculture has huge potential, both in terms of the recommendations of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report and for future food security. This positive potential, should be considered in further climate change mitigation strategies in agricultural production.