Towards carbon neutrality in the agri-food sector: Drivers and barriers

Carbon neutral strategies can help companies implementing short terms solutions while developing long-term carbon reduction projects. Drivers for agri-food companies are the possibility of saving costs and increasing profit. Costs and related companies' lack of resources and budget are at the same time one of the main barriers. The most costly, time-consuming, and complex phase is developing internal offsetting/insetting projects. Financial enabling factors are receiving free or subsidized certifications/verifications and accessing packages of technical assistance, especially for the supply-chain.