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Beyond regenerative grazing

Nature Food volume 7, pages 315–316 (2026)Cite this article

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Adaptive multi-paddock grazing can improve soil carbon storage, pasture productivity and farm profitability, but enteric methane and the constraints of intensive global farming underscore the need for broader interventions.

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Fig. 1: Slurry lagoon at a large-scale ranch on Chinese grasslands.
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Zhaohai Bai

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Green Resource Recycling, School of Environment, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

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