GHG’S EMISSION

BY
AGRICULTURAL
SECTOR

BY
AKSHARA MADINENI
EMT
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1) What kind of GHG’s are mostly emitted from
agricultural sector ?

CARBONDIOXIDE (CO2)

METHANE (CH4)

NITROUS OXIDE (N2O)

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2) What are the causes for GHG’S emission ?

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 3) What share of
global greenhouse
gas emissions
comes from
agriculture ?
• Farms emitted 6 billion
tonnes of GHGs in 2015, or
about 13 percent of total
global emissions.
• That makes the agricultural
sector the world’s second-
largest emitter, after the
energy sector (which includes
emissions from power
generation and transport).

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Farming emissions come from variety of sources that differ
depending on the type of farm.
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4) Where do a farm’s emissions come from?

• Most farm-related emissions come in the form of methane (CH4) and

nitrous oxide (N2O).
• Cattle belching (CH4) and the addition of natural or synthetic
fertilizers and wastes to soils (N2O) represent the largest sources,
making up 65 percent of agricultural emissions globally.
• Smaller sources include manure management, rice cultivation, field
burning of crop residues, and fuel use on farms.
• At the farm level, the relative size of different sources will vary widely
depending on the type of products grown, farming practices employed,
and natural factors such as weather, topography, and hydrology.
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5) Which countries produce the most
agricultural emissions?
• The 10 countries with the largest agricultural emissions in 2015 were (in descending order):

China

Brazil

 United States

 India

Indonesia

 Russian Federation

 Democratic Republic of Congo

 Argentina

Myanmar and

 Pakistan.

• Together, these countries contributed 51 percent of global agricultural emissions.

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6) Are global agricultural emissions changing?
• From 1990 to 2015, global agricultural emissions increased 8 percent.

• They are projected to increase 15 percent above 2015 levels by 2025

when they will amount to nearly 7 billion tonnes per year.

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7) What are the biggest opportunities to
reduce agricultural emissions?
• Changes in both farming practices and food demand offer big opportunities.

• On the supply side, crop management practices

• improved fertilizer management

• conservation tillage—offer the greatest reduction potential at relatively low costs.

• Better managing grazing lands

• such as by rotational grazing

• altering forage composition

• restoring degraded lands

• cultivating organic soils into productivity are also important.

• Also, recent WRI research shows that about 24 percent of all calories currently produced for
human consumption are lost or wasted in the food supply chain.
• Consequently, reducing food losses and wastes can also play an important role. 9
8) How do rice paddies contribute to global
warming ?
• Methane in rice paddies is produced by microscopic organisms that
respire CO2, like humans respire oxygen.
• More CO2 in the atmosphere makes rice plants grow faster, and the
extra plant growth supplies soil microorganisms with extra energy,
pumping up their metabolism.
• Increasing CO2 levels will also boost rice yields, but to a smaller
extent then CH4 emissions.
• As a result, the amount of CH4 emitted per kilogram of rice yield will
increase.
• Rising temperatures decrease the rice yield, so they also increase the
amount of CH4 emitted per kilogram of rice. 10
9) How paddy produces Methane ?

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10) Do most of the
commercial farms
measure and
manage their GHG
emissions ?
• However, most farms fail to
measure their emissions –
making it difficult for them
to determine how to reduce
their impact.

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THANK YOU

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