Greenhouse gas emission from rice and wheat-growing areas in India: Spatial analysis and upscaling

The intensified rice and wheat cropping systems consume most of the fertilizer and irrigation water in India and are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The InfoCrop simulation model was evaluated to calculate methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from s...

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Autores principales: Bhatia, Arti, Aggarwal, Pramod K., Jain, Niveta, Pathak, Himanshu
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Wiley 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34921
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author Bhatia, Arti
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
Jain, Niveta
Pathak, Himanshu
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Jain, Niveta
Pathak, Himanshu
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description The intensified rice and wheat cropping systems consume most of the fertilizer and irrigation water in India and are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The InfoCrop simulation model was evaluated to calculate methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from soils under rice and wheat. Indian rice fields covering 42.21 million ha (Mha) emitted 2.07, 0.02, and 72.9 Tg of CH4-C, N2O-N and CO2-C, respectively, with a global warming potential (GWP) of 88.5 Tg CO2-C eq. Annual GHG emission from 28.08 Mha of wheat-growing areas was 0.017 and 43.2 Tg of N2O-N and CO2-C, respectively, with a GWP of 44.6 Tg CO2-C eq. Intermittent irrigation in rice reduced methane emissions by 40%. However, application of farmyard manure in rice increased the GWP by 41%. This study suggests that the InfoCrop model could be applied for simulating the impacts of crop management and soil and climatic parameters on GHG emission from agricultural areas.
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spelling CGSpace349212024-08-27T10:35:03Z Greenhouse gas emission from rice and wheat-growing areas in India: Spatial analysis and upscaling Bhatia, Arti Aggarwal, Pramod K. Jain, Niveta Pathak, Himanshu agriculture climate greenhouse gases environmental engineering The intensified rice and wheat cropping systems consume most of the fertilizer and irrigation water in India and are major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The InfoCrop simulation model was evaluated to calculate methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from soils under rice and wheat. Indian rice fields covering 42.21 million ha (Mha) emitted 2.07, 0.02, and 72.9 Tg of CH4-C, N2O-N and CO2-C, respectively, with a global warming potential (GWP) of 88.5 Tg CO2-C eq. Annual GHG emission from 28.08 Mha of wheat-growing areas was 0.017 and 43.2 Tg of N2O-N and CO2-C, respectively, with a GWP of 44.6 Tg CO2-C eq. Intermittent irrigation in rice reduced methane emissions by 40%. However, application of farmyard manure in rice increased the GWP by 41%. This study suggests that the InfoCrop model could be applied for simulating the impacts of crop management and soil and climatic parameters on GHG emission from agricultural areas. 2012-04 2014-02-19T07:59:20Z 2014-02-19T07:59:20Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34921 en Limited Access Wiley Bhatia A, Aggarwal PK, Jain N, Pathak H. 2012. Greenhouse gas emission from rice and wheat-growing areas in India: Spatial analysis and upscaling. Greenhouse Gas Science and Technology 2:115–125.
spellingShingle agriculture
climate
greenhouse gases
environmental engineering
Bhatia, Arti
Aggarwal, Pramod K.
Jain, Niveta
Pathak, Himanshu
Greenhouse gas emission from rice and wheat-growing areas in India: Spatial analysis and upscaling
title Greenhouse gas emission from rice and wheat-growing areas in India: Spatial analysis and upscaling
title_full Greenhouse gas emission from rice and wheat-growing areas in India: Spatial analysis and upscaling
title_fullStr Greenhouse gas emission from rice and wheat-growing areas in India: Spatial analysis and upscaling
title_full_unstemmed Greenhouse gas emission from rice and wheat-growing areas in India: Spatial analysis and upscaling
title_short Greenhouse gas emission from rice and wheat-growing areas in India: Spatial analysis and upscaling
title_sort greenhouse gas emission from rice and wheat growing areas in india spatial analysis and upscaling
topic agriculture
climate
greenhouse gases
environmental engineering
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/34921
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