The Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) is organised by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL). This year's GFFA is under the theme "farming a sustainable bioeconomy" with some expert panel sessions. My presentation as requested by AGRIDENZ, focussed on cultivating a greener future -toward sustainable use of biomass for carbon sequestration. As a Panelist from Africa, I was given the opportunity to present best practices of carbon sequestration in the region for which I intended to use part of the data generated under the EJP Soil C-arouNd project funded by the NZAGRC / Ministry for Primary Industries, New Zealand. This data focuses on the African Dark earths, tabled for presentation and discussion during the session.