South African dairy farmers eye carbon credits in pilot scheme

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On South Africa's Lancewood dairy farm, a GPS-guided tractor spreads cow manure across defined areas where tilling is banned and fertilizer used at a minimum, if at all. Lancewood is among 40 dairy farms where the country's first internationally certified carbon offset programme for the agricultural sector - known as AgriCarbon - is being piloted by Climate Neutral Group (CNG) to help curb greenhouse gas emissions. Olivia Chan has more.

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