IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/renene/v34y2009i8p1916-1922.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Estimation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from paddy fields in Taiwan

Author

Listed:
  • Yang, Shang-Shyng
  • Lai, Chao-Ming
  • Chang, Hsiu-Lan
  • Chang, Ed-Huan
  • Wei, Chia-Bei

Abstract

To investigate the greenhouse gases emissions from paddy fields, methane and nitrous oxide emissions were estimated with the local measurement and the IPCC method during 1990–2006 in Taiwan. Annual methane emission ranged from 9001 to 14,980ton in the first crop season for 135,314–242,298ha of paddy fields, and it was between 16,412 and 35,208ton for 101,710–211,968ha in the second crop season with the local measurement for intermittent irrigation. The value ranged from 31,122 to 55,729ton of methane emission in the first crop season, and it was between 29,493 and 61,471ton in the second crop season with the IPCC guideline for continuous flooding. Annual nitrous oxide emission from paddy fields was between 371 and 728ton in the first crop season, and the value ranged from 163 to 365ton in the second crop season with the local measurement. Methane emission from paddy fields in Taiwan for intermittent irrigation was only 26.72–28.92%, 55.65–57.32% and 41.19–43.10% with the IPCC guidelines for continuous flooding and mean temperature of transplanting stage in the first crop, the second crop and total paddy fields, respectively. The values were 53.44–57.84%, 111.29–114.55% and 82.38–86.20% with the IPCC guidelines for single aeration and mean temperature of transplanting stage, respectively; and the values were 133.60–144.61%, 282.56–286.62% and 205.96–215.49% with the IPCC guidelines for multiple aeration and mean temperature of transplanting stage, respectively. Intermittent irrigation in paddy fields reduces methane emission significantly; appropriate application of nitrogen fertilizer and irrigation in paddy fields also decreases nitrous oxide emission.

Suggested Citation

  • Yang, Shang-Shyng & Lai, Chao-Ming & Chang, Hsiu-Lan & Chang, Ed-Huan & Wei, Chia-Bei, 2009. "Estimation of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from paddy fields in Taiwan," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 34(8), pages 1916-1922.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:34:y:2009:i:8:p:1916-1922
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.12.016
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148108004539
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.renene.2008.12.016?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Nodin, Mohd Norazmi & Mustafa, Zainol & Hussain, Saiful Izzuan, 2023. "Eco-efficiency assessment of Malaysian rice self-sufficiency approach," Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
    2. Hung-Chun Lin & Yasuhiro Fukushima, 2016. "Rice Cultivation Methods and Their Sustainability Aspects: Organic and Conventional Rice Production in Industrialized Tropical Monsoon Asia with a Dual Cropping System," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 8(6), pages 1-23, June.
    3. Yusuf, Rafiu O. & Noor, Zainura Z. & Abba, Ahmad H. & Hassan, Mohd Ariffin Abu & Din, Mohd Fadhil Mohd, 2012. "Methane emission by sectors: A comprehensive review of emission sources and mitigation methods," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 16(7), pages 5059-5070.
    4. Nodin, Mohd Norazmi & Mustafa, Zainol & Hussain, Saiful Izzuan, 2022. "Assessing rice production efficiency for food security policy planning in Malaysia: A non-parametric bootstrap data envelopment analysis approach," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 107(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:34:y:2009:i:8:p:1916-1922. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/renewable-energy .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.