TAILIEUCHUNG - Agricultural methane emissions: Consequences and mitigations

Rice is an unavoidable diet of most of the human beings and it is grown all over the world. But the production of rice contributes a great portion of methane emissions on annual basis. The methane which is produced contributes to climate change. Not only had the production of rice crop but also different agricultural processes contribute to the climate change. The sources of methane emission from the agriculture are wetland, termites, vegetation, ruminants, manure, and natural gas etc. In this review we present the different types of methane emission from agriculture, their consequences and mitigations. | 2020 9 2 729-733 EXCELLENT PUBLISHERS International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 2 2020 Journal homepage http Review Article https Agricultural Methane Emissions Consequences and Mitigations Jencymol Thomas1 Arun Kumar2 and Ashvani Kumar2 1University Institute of agricultural sciences Chandigarh University Gharuan Mohali Chandigarh-140413 India 2School of Agriculture Lovely Professional University Phagwara Punjab-144411 India Corresponding author ABSTRACT Keywords Methane emission Consequences Mitigation strategy Rice is an unavoidable diet of most of the human beings and it is grown all over the world. But the production of rice contributes a great portion of methane emissions on annual basis. The methane which is produced contributes to climate change. Not only had the production of rice crop but also different agricultural processes contribute to the climate change. The sources of methane emission from the agriculture are wetland termites vegetation ruminants manure and natural gas etc. In this review we present the different types of methane emission from agriculture their consequences and mitigations. Article Info Accepted 08 January 2020 Available Online 10February 2020 Introduction Rice feeds almost 60 percent of the world s population. It is a dominant crop in the Asian region and probably the first cultivated crop in Asia. The importance of rice to national food security is increasing day by day. But unfortunately rice fields contribute almost 20 percent or 100 Tg CH4 to the global methane emissions on an annual basis Houghton et al. 1996 Adhya et al. 2000 . Methane is a green house gas and is a major hydrocarbon with an average concentration of ppm present in the atmosphere. Methane will be present in the atmosphere for about 10 years and is more capable of absorbing infrared radiation so that it is more efficient .

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• Agricultural methane emissions
• Consequences and mitigations
• Methane emission
• Mitigation strategy
• Methane emission from agriculture