Which cropland greenhouse gas mitigation options give the greatest benefits in different world regions? Climate and soil-specific predictions from integrated empirical models

• Published in: Global change biology Vol. 18; no. 6; pp. 1880 - 1894
• Main Authors: Hillier, Jonathan, Brentrup, Frank, Wattenbach, Martin, Walter, Christof, Garcia-Suarez, Tirma, Mila-i-Canals, Llorenç, Smith, Pete
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2012; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Agricultural land; agriculture; Agronomy; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Carbon dioxide; climate; Climate change; Crop production; Farm buildings; fertilizer; Fertilizer application; Fertilizers; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General agroecology; General agroecology. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development. Rural area planning. Landscaping; General agronomy. Plant production; General aspects; Generalities. Agricultural and farming systems. Agricultural development; Geochemistry; greenhouse gas; Greenhouse gases; Mitigation; modelling; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Organic fertilizers; soil carbon; Soil types; Soils; tillage; World; Cultivated field; Climate; mitigation; Soil tillage; nitrous oxide; soil carbon; Carbon; Empirical model; Modeling; modelling; fertilizer; tillage; Fertilizers; Soils; Greenhouse gas; Mitigation measure; Agriculture; Nitrogen protoxide

Major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agricultural crop production are nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions resulting from the application of mineral and organic fertilizer, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from soil carbon losses. Consequently, choice of fertilizer type, optimizing fertil...