Agro Fossil Free - REDUKTION AF DRIVHUSGAS- OG AMMONIAKEMISIONER I PERSPEKTIV AF REDUCERET GØDNINGSFORBRUG

General beskrivelse

The presented emission estimates indicate that the proposed practices can potentially reduce nitrous oxide emissions by 2.3%. The desired reduction of non-CO2 gas emissions (CH4 and N2O) in the EU is estimated at 35% by 2030. If each of the 28 EU countries reduces these emissions at a similar level, the emission target will be more than achieved. However, effective methods of reducing these emissions should still be sought. Especially since plowing in straw and cultivation of catch crops resulting in a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions due to the sequestration of organic carbon in soils at the level of 9.8% is an effective practice in the period of 20-25 years. After this period, the sequestration will disappear. Therefore, in the long term, efforts should be made to better use the potential to reduce CH4 and N2O emissions. In the perspective of 2030, plant production of Polish agriculture may potentially fill the inflation gap in greenhouse gas emissions of the entire economy at the level of 2-12%. Possibilities to reduce ammonia emissions in the adopted practices look worse, which is estimated at 5.6%. These values are insufficient to achieve the objective of the NEC Directive, which in the years 2020-2029 imposes an obligation to reduce ammonia emissions by 1% each year. It should also be noted that the presented analysis for selected agricultural practices does not exhaust the entire set of measures contributing to the reduction of GHG and ammonia emissions.