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Source: Greenpeace,
Cool farming: Climate impacts of agriculture and mitigation potential
, January 2008 (data for 2005).
Thousand million tonnes of CO
2
equivalent per year
Average emissions
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Emissions from agriculture
Methane from cattle
farts and burps
Land conversion to agriculture
Estimates range from
3 to 9 million tonnes
(6 to 17% of all greenhouse gases emitted)
Manure
Nitrous oxide
from fertilized soils
Fertilizer and pesticide production
Biomass burning
Rice production
Farm machinery
(ploughing, seeding, spraying, harvest)
Irrigation