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GREENHOUSE GASES AND AGRICULTURE
Citation:
Jackson, R. GREENHOUSE GASES AND AGRICULTURE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/A-93/035 (NTIS PB93158848).
Description:
Agriculture ranks third in its contribution to Earth's anthropogenically nhanced greenhouse effect. Energy use and production and chlorofluorocarbons are anked first and second, respectively.) pecifically, greenhouse gas sources and inks are increased, and sinks are decreased, by conversion of land to agricultural use, using fertilizers, cultivating paddy rice, producing other plant and animal crops, and by creating and nanaging animal and plant wastes. owever, some of these ame activities increase greenhouse gas sinks and decrease greenhouse gas sources so the net effects are not obvious. his paper identifies the agricultural inputs, outputs, and wastes that alter atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxides, and discusses agriculture's net impact on greenhouse gas fluxes.