The FAOSTAT database of greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture

• Published in: Environmental research letters Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 15009 - 10
• Main Authors: Tubiello, Francesco N, Salvatore, Mirella, Rossi, Simone, Ferrara, Alessandro, Fitton, Nuala, Smith, Pete
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.03.2013
• Subjects: AFOLU; Agriculture; Air pollution; Anthropogenic factors; Biomass burning; Burning; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Crop production; Deforestation; Developing countries; Emission analysis; Emissions; FAOSTAT; Forestry; Fossil fuels; Greenhouse effect; greenhouse gas; Greenhouse gases; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Land use; LDCs; Livestock; Livestock production; Organic soils; Radiative forcing; Statistical analysis; Statistics; Trend analysis

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from agriculture, including crop and livestock production, forestry and associated land use changes, are responsible for a significant fraction of anthropogenic emissions, up to 30% according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Yet while emissions...