Econexus, Biofuelwatch, Grupo de Reflexion Rural and NOAH - Friends of the Earth Denmark have produced a draft report entitled: Agriculture and climate change: Real problems, false solutions.

The NFU report Agriculture and climate change acknowledges that the climate is changing but urges further research on the likely impacts for UK agriculture. It recommends the following actions as a means by which the farming sector can help combat climate change: More emphasis on supporting UK food production as a means of promoting self sufficiency More support for biofuels production and for the use of biomass in local Combined Heat and Power Plants

The International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP) has produced a document entitled: Climate Change: Farmers’ Solutions - Proposals for including agriculture in a post-Copenhagen agreement.

Published in May 2009 by the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC) of Australia this report quantifies the economic impact of a proposed Australian emissions trading scheme (ETS) on average farm businesses.

For an antipodean perspective, see also the New Zealand report: Potential Management Practices And Technologies To Reduce Nitrous Oxide, Methane And Carbon Dioxide Emissions From New Zealand Agriculture, prepared for Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, September 2001.

The Country Land and Business Association and Savills plc have launched a new free web-based calculator to enable farmers and land managers to work out their carbon (actually GHG) accounts.

A DEFRA commissioned literature review sought to identify farm-level changes that could reduce CO2 emissions from agriculture that would be technically feasible, cost effective and acceptable to consumers by 2010. Socio-economic costs and impacts: Six farm types were modelled: arable combinable cropping, arable root cropping, pigs and poultry, low yielding dairy and beef, high yielding dairy and beef, upland sheep and beef. The identified mitigation measures were: a.) reducing losses from grassland soils by: