In June 2019, INRAE delivered a study, commissioned by Ademe and the French Ministry of Food and Agriculture, on the potential for soil carbon storage in France. By mobilizing an original methodology, the study was able to assess this potential and estimate the cost of implementing it region by region, with regard to a target of 4 for 1000. The "4 for 1000 on soils for food security and climate" initiative had been launched at the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change held in Paris in 2015.
The study was conducted by INRAE's Delegation for Collective Scientific Expertise, Forecasting and Studies (DEPE). The BANCO model, combining agronomic simulations and cost calculations, was used to optimize the storage effort to be implemented.
