Title: DAIRY FARMING AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS IN LATVIA: SOME METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY
Abstract: The paper examines the effects on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting methodology by introduction of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2006 guidelines with respect to methane and nitrous oxide emission quantification in the dairy sector. Typical systems for dairy management in Latvia are compared with the aim to highlight methods available to calculate and report agricultural GHG emissions in national inventories and outcome differences among greenhouse gas emission contributing sources with the reference to the most important agriculture branch in Latvia. The study results show that the emission origin in the country for dairy farming is most accurately characterized by using Tier 2 methodology for emission calculations, however, the best results are available only if country specific parameters are available. Methane emissions are significantly affected by the dairy cow feeding system, while nitrogen oxide emissions are directly related with nitrogen excretion from the animal. Different manure management technologies show slighter effect on GHG emissions per dairy cow.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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