Potential of Alternate Wetting and Drying Irrigation Practices for the Mitigation of GHG Emissions from Rice Fields: Two Cases in Central Luzon (Philippines)

• Published in: Agriculture (Basel) Vol. 10; no. 8; p. 350
• Main Authors: Sander, Björn Ole, Schneider, Pia, Romasanta, Ryan, Samoy-Pascual, Kristine, Sibayan, Evangeline B., Asis, Constancio A., Wassmann, Reiner
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Agricultural industry; Agricultural production; Agriculture; Air pollution; Air pollution control; Analysis; Climate change; Climate change mitigation; Climate policy; Crop production; Dry season; Drying; Emissions; Emissions (Pollution); Emissions control; environmental policy; Farmers; Feasibility studies; Floods; Fluxes; Food security; Global warming; Global warming potential; Greenhouse effect; greenhouse gas emissions; Greenhouse gases; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; inventories; Irrigation; Irrigation practices; Irrigation systems; Methane; mitigation; Nitrous oxide; Oryza sativa; paddies; Philippines; Rainy season; Rice; Rice fields; rough rice; Seasons; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; Water management; Water wells; wet season; Wetting; Southeast Asia; Philippines; China; Luzon

Reducing methane (CH4) emission from paddy rice production is an important target for many Asian countries in order to comply with their climate policy commitments. National greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory approaches like the Tier-2 approach of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are...