I know that zero tillage is providing better quality production, higher production volume, less pest attacks, and taste of the food crops is improved, but this is additional good news that a ‘no tillage policy’ also plays a role in the carbon footprint by helping that the decaying roots are not allowing escaping carbon into the atmosphere when no tillage is followed! I never considered that before!

Very good reply to the food comment. We could use more people who want to be farmers in Hawaii to help use the fallow planting areas.

I appreciate your detailed reply ! Thank you.
Would you know, can you provide information on my following question:

How is the system on Kauai where they grow the Albezia Tree on island, its speed in growth considered faster than other crops. and then the use of it for the bio fuel source comparing to these fuels you are working as carbon footprint and also the aspect of sequestering?

Thank you to everyone for the comments!
Yes, food production is extraordinarily important as well. So much agricultural land in Hawaii is fallow, abandoned and/or being converted to development. Getting the land back into agriculture to improve food and energy independence in Hawaii is a common goal.

We’ve found in similar systems on Oahu that decaying roots predominantly stay as soil carbon and are not lost to the atmosphere at carbon dioxide. Root decay products and the soil microbes become stabilized in the soil and are sequestered, as long as the management practice is sustainable. In this study, the soil is protected from losses because it is a zero-tillage system. This is the critical factor to facilitating soil carbon sequestration.