Greenhouse gas inventory of agriculture in the Czech Republic
As a part of its obligations under the Climate Convention, the Czech Republic must annually estimate and report its anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. This also applies for the sector of agriculture, which is one of the greatest producers of methane and nitrous oxide emissions. This paper...
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Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
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| description | As a part of its obligations under the Climate Convention, the Czech Republic must annually estimate and report its anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. This also applies for the sector of agriculture, which is one of the greatest producers of methane and nitrous oxide emissions. This paper presents the approaches applied to estimate emissions in agricultural sector during the period 1990-2006. It describes the origin and sources of emissions, applied methodology, parameters and emission estimates for the sector of agriculture in the country. The total greenhouse gas emissions reached 7644 Gg CO2 eq. in 2006. About 59% (4479 Gg CO2 eq.) of these emissions has originated from agricultural soils. This quantity ranks agriculture as the third largest sector in the Czech Republic representing 5.3% of the total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The emissions under the Czech conditions consist mainly of emissions from enteric fermentation, manure management and agricultural soils. During the period 1990-2006, GHG emissions from agriculture decreased by 50%, which was linked to reduced cattle population and amount of applied fertilizers. The study concludes that the GHG emissions in the sector of agriculture remain significant and their proper assessment is required for sound climate change adaptation and mitigation policies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7c9c42b31a0348c090c369bfb881124e2023-02-23T03:45:31ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesPlant, Soil and Environment1214-11781805-93682009-08-0155831131910.17221/2528-PSEpse-200908-0001Greenhouse gas inventory of agriculture in the Czech RepublicZ. Exnerová0E. Cienciala1Institute of Forest Ecosystem Research, Jílové u Prahy, Czech RepublicInstitute of Forest Ecosystem Research, Jílové u Prahy, Czech RepublicAs a part of its obligations under the Climate Convention, the Czech Republic must annually estimate and report its anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. This also applies for the sector of agriculture, which is one of the greatest producers of methane and nitrous oxide emissions. This paper presents the approaches applied to estimate emissions in agricultural sector during the period 1990-2006. It describes the origin and sources of emissions, applied methodology, parameters and emission estimates for the sector of agriculture in the country. The total greenhouse gas emissions reached 7644 Gg CO2 eq. in 2006. About 59% (4479 Gg CO2 eq.) of these emissions has originated from agricultural soils. This quantity ranks agriculture as the third largest sector in the Czech Republic representing 5.3% of the total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The emissions under the Czech conditions consist mainly of emissions from enteric fermentation, manure management and agricultural soils. During the period 1990-2006, GHG emissions from agriculture decreased by 50%, which was linked to reduced cattle population and amount of applied fertilizers. The study concludes that the GHG emissions in the sector of agriculture remain significant and their proper assessment is required for sound climate change adaptation and mitigation policies.https://pse.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/pse-200908-0001_greenhouse-gas-inventory-of-agriculture-in-the-czech-republic.phpgreenhouse gas inventoryagricultureenteric fermentationmanure managementagricultural soilsmethane emissionsnitrous oxide emissions |
| spellingShingle | Z. Exnerová E. Cienciala Greenhouse gas inventory of agriculture in the Czech Republic Plant, Soil and Environment greenhouse gas inventory agriculture enteric fermentation manure management agricultural soils methane emissions nitrous oxide emissions |
| title | Greenhouse gas inventory of agriculture in the Czech Republic |
| title_full | Greenhouse gas inventory of agriculture in the Czech Republic |
| title_fullStr | Greenhouse gas inventory of agriculture in the Czech Republic |
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| title_short | Greenhouse gas inventory of agriculture in the Czech Republic |
| title_sort | greenhouse gas inventory of agriculture in the czech republic |
| topic | greenhouse gas inventory agriculture enteric fermentation manure management agricultural soils methane emissions nitrous oxide emissions |
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