This review suggests that most of the management practices associated with regenerative agriculture are not likely to lead to a large net sequestration of organic carbon in soils. Some improved management practices, such as increased fertilizer use, manuring, and applications of biochar, are constrained by biogeochemical stoichiometry and the availability of organic inputs. Other management practices, such as fertilizer applications, irrigation, and applications of ground silicate minerals, entail ancillary and off-site emissions of carbon dioxide that reduce the net sequestration of carbon in soils. Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, even with best management practices, is only likely to offer a small net storage of carbon that can be marketed as a credit to emissions from other sectors of the economy.

该审查表明，与再生农业相关的大多数管理实践不太可能导致土壤中有机碳的大量净封存。一些改进的管理实践，例如增加肥料使用、施肥和生物炭的应用，受到生物地球化学化学计量和有机投入物可用性的限制。其他管理实践，例如施肥、灌溉和地面硅酸盐矿物的应用，会导致二氧化碳的辅助排放和场外排放，从而减少土壤中碳的净封存。即使采用最佳管理实践，农业土壤中的碳封存也只能提供少量的碳净储存，可以作为其他经济部门排放的信贷进行销售。