Greenhouse Gases
Greenhouse gases have a negative impact on climate change and are methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2). In agriculture the first two are the most important. Agriculture contributes over 30% of our national greenhouse gas emissions.
Greenhouse Gases – Further Information
Publications
- Protected Urea
- Teagasc at the International Conference on Agricultural GHG Emissions and Food Security
- An Analysis of Abatement Potential of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Irish Agriculture 2021-2030 (PDF)
Media Article
- Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture
Technology Updates
- Greenhouse gases mitigation and agriculture – 5800
- Assessing the greenhouse gas budget of tillage mitigation options for arable systems – 5802
- Assessing the greenhouse gas budget of biomass and biofuel crops – 5801
- Market and non-market based strategies to reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Irish Farms – 5816
- Nitrogen value and greenhouse gas footprint of digestate from anaerobic digestors – 5819