Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture grew 1.6% per year during the decade after the year 2000, new FAO data presented in the yearbook show, with the sector's total annual output in 2010 reaching 5 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalents, or 10% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
Among the various agriculture sectors, livestock activities and the use of synthetic fertilizer are the largest contributors.
The Statistical Yearbook addresses the following topics: capital and investment; climate change; food availability; food production and trade; food prices; hunger and malnutrition; the consequences of political instability and natural- and human-induced disasters on food security; the state of the agricultural resource base, and sustainability and environmental impacts. The publication is available for download.
Source : ATTRA
Source : ATTRA
