Greenhouse gas mitigation: Issues for Indian agriculture
By some estimates, agricultural practices account for 20 percent of India’s total greenhouse gas (GSG) emissions; thus, cost-effective reductions in agricultural emissions could significantly lower India’s overall emissions. We explore mitigation options for three agricultural sources of GHGs—methan...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2009
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| author | Nelson, Gerald C. Robertson, Richard D. Msangi, Siwa Zhu, Tingju Liao, Xiaoli Jawajar, Puja |
| author_browse | Jawajar, Puja Liao, Xiaoli Msangi, Siwa Nelson, Gerald C. Robertson, Richard D. Zhu, Tingju |
| author_facet | Nelson, Gerald C. Robertson, Richard D. Msangi, Siwa Zhu, Tingju Liao, Xiaoli Jawajar, Puja |
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| description | By some estimates, agricultural practices account for 20 percent of India’s total greenhouse gas (GSG) emissions; thus, cost-effective reductions in agricultural emissions could significantly lower India’s overall emissions. We explore mitigation options for three agricultural sources of GHGs—methane (CH4) emissions from irrigated rice production, nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from the use of nitrogenous fertilizers, and the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from energy sources used to pump groundwater for irrigation. We also examine how changes in land use would affect carbon sequestration. We find great opportunities for cost-effective mitigation of GHGs in Indian agriculture, but caution that our results are based on a variety of data sources, some of which are of poor quality. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1618812025-11-06T05:07:56Z Greenhouse gas mitigation: Issues for Indian agriculture Nelson, Gerald C. Robertson, Richard D. Msangi, Siwa Zhu, Tingju Liao, Xiaoli Jawajar, Puja greenhouse gases climate change climate change mitigation sequestration groundwater pumping ecosystem services By some estimates, agricultural practices account for 20 percent of India’s total greenhouse gas (GSG) emissions; thus, cost-effective reductions in agricultural emissions could significantly lower India’s overall emissions. We explore mitigation options for three agricultural sources of GHGs—methane (CH4) emissions from irrigated rice production, nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from the use of nitrogenous fertilizers, and the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) from energy sources used to pump groundwater for irrigation. We also examine how changes in land use would affect carbon sequestration. We find great opportunities for cost-effective mitigation of GHGs in Indian agriculture, but caution that our results are based on a variety of data sources, some of which are of poor quality. 2009 2024-11-21T09:59:05Z 2024-11-21T09:59:05Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161881 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Nelson, Gerald C.; Robertson, Richard D.; Msangi, Siwa; Zhu, Tingju; Liao, Xiaoli; Jawajar, Puja. 2009. Greenhouse gas mitigation. IFPRI Discussion Paper 900. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161881 |
| spellingShingle | greenhouse gases climate change climate change mitigation sequestration groundwater pumping ecosystem services Nelson, Gerald C. Robertson, Richard D. Msangi, Siwa Zhu, Tingju Liao, Xiaoli Jawajar, Puja Greenhouse gas mitigation: Issues for Indian agriculture |
| title | Greenhouse gas mitigation: Issues for Indian agriculture |
| title_full | Greenhouse gas mitigation: Issues for Indian agriculture |
| title_fullStr | Greenhouse gas mitigation: Issues for Indian agriculture |
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| title_short | Greenhouse gas mitigation: Issues for Indian agriculture |
| title_sort | greenhouse gas mitigation issues for indian agriculture |
| topic | greenhouse gases climate change climate change mitigation sequestration groundwater pumping ecosystem services |
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