Agriculture

Improvement and development of emission factor for nitrous oxide emissions from agricultural soil management

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Emission factors are coefficients that quantify the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or removals per unit of human activity. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) maintains an open database of emission factors for all source categories to inform estimation of GHG emissions and removals; countries can use these default emission factors to complete a national GHG inventory. However, more accurate emission estimates can be calculated using country-specific emission factors that best reflect the country’s national circumstances.

This training material provides methodologies for developing country-specific emission factors for nitrous oxide from agricultural soil management and conducted exercises to develop and learn to apply country-specific emission factors to their National Communications.

Improvement and development of emission factor for methane from rice cultivation

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The workshop material provides IPCC guidance on the development of country-specific emission factors for methane emissions from rice cultivation. Materials are useful in understanding and developing the ability to apply basic procedures and guidelines for setting up and performing actual measurements of methane emissions from rice field including guidance on data analysis and calculations for developing country-specific emission factors. This material is useful for compilers of emissions inventory for methane from rice cultivation for their country, experts and scientists who perform methane measurements in rice fields. The material is useful for compilers of emissions inventory for methane from rice cultivation for their country, experts and scientists who perform methane measurements in rice fields.

Improvement and development of emission factor for methane emissions from enteric fermentation

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This workshop material provides guidance on the development of country-specific emission factors for methane emissions from enteric fermentation. This includes methane emissions from enteric fermentation in ruminant animals like cattle, buffalo, goats, sheep, deer and camelids. The material is useful for compilers of methane emissions inventory for enteric fermentation for their country, experts and scientists who make specific measurements with ruminant animals to improve methane inventory.