The carbon footprint of agricultural crop cultivation in India

The present assess the green house gas (GHG) emission from cultivation over the past 50 years in India. Emission has increased by 161% over 50 years from 14.81 TgCE/year (0.12 tCE ha−1yr−1) in 1960 to 38.71 TgCE/year (0.28 tCE ha−1yr−1) by 2010. This is due to increase in the use of inputs primarily...

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Main Authors: Diksha Sah, A.S. Devakumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2018-05-01
Series:Carbon Management
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2018.1457908