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Potential GHG mitigation options for agriculture in China

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  • Erda, Lin
  • Yue, Li
  • Hongmin, Dong

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China's agriculture accounts for about 5-15% of total national emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O). Land-use changes related to agriculture are not major contributors of greenhouse gas emissions in China. Mitigation options are available that could result in significant decrease in CH4 and N2O emissions from agricultural systems, and are likely to increase crop and animal productivity. Implementation has the potential to decrease CH4 emissions from rice paddies, ruminants, and animal waste by 4-40%. Improving the efficiency of plant utilization of fertilizer N could decrease N2O emissions from agriculture by almost 20%. Analyses of several of the proposed options show positive economic as well as environmental benefits.

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  • Erda, Lin & Yue, Li & Hongmin, Dong, 1997. "Potential GHG mitigation options for agriculture in China," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 56(3-4), pages 423-432, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:appene:v:56:y:1997:i:3-4:p:423-432
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    1. Bambawale, Malavika Jain & Sovacool, Benjamin K., 2011. "China's energy security: The perspective of energy users," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 88(5), pages 1949-1956, May.
    2. Iván García Kerdan & Sara Giarola & Ellis Skinner & Marin Tuleu & Adam Hawkes, 2020. "Modelling Future Agricultural Mechanisation of Major Crops in China: An Assessment of Energy Demand, Land Use and Emissions," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(24), pages 1-31, December.

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