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SA dairy farmers eye carbon credits while curbing emissions

Cattle grazing at Napuiyapi swamp in Mau Forest, Nakuru County. December 6, 2017. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

In South Africa’s Lancewood dairy farm, a GPS-guided tractor spreads cow manure across defined areas where tilling is banned and fertiliser used minimally, if at all.

Some 2,500 Jersey cows graze on a selection of plants, from chicory to lucerne (alfalfa), that have been planted for feed variety while helping preserve the soil’s nutrients.

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