Agriculture is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions, but it also holds great potential for carbon sequestration. To align with Taiwan’s Pathway to Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 and implement relevant technology, NTU took a significant step by establishing the Agricultural Net-Zero Carbon Technology and Management Innovation Research Center (ANZC), with the support of the Ministry of Education.
The ANZC focuses on four key strategies for agricultural carbon neutrality: reducing carbon emissions, enhancing carbon sinks, promoting circular agriculture, and embracing the green trend. Research in low-carbon manufacturing processes, sustainable energy, circular economy and negative emissions technologies forms the core of ANZC’s efforts and also helps to evaluate the societal and economic impacts of net zero policies. This boosts Taiwan’s academic competence in agricultural carbon neutrality, crafting a tailor-made agricultural zero carbon blueprint and action plan.
Working hand-in-hand with industries, government agencies, and academic institutions, the ANZC aims to establish nature-based solutions for a zero-carbon agricultural production model, ensuring food security while fostering talented personnel capable of making cross-disciplinary innovations in agricultural negative emissions technology. With a focus on international exchange, the ANZC aspires to become a global leader in knowledge and expertise concerning carbon-negative practices in agriculture.
Devices measuring soil greenhouse gas flux installed in a rice paddy test area to establish carbon emission coefficient for paddy soil
Devices measuring soil greenhouse gas flux installed in a forest test area to establish carbon emission coefficient for forest soil