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Ten per cent of Canada's greenhouse gas emissions are from crop and livestock production, excluding emissions from the use of fossil fuels or from fertilizer production.
The main gases emitted by agricultural activities are:
Carbon dioxide (CO2), which is released during soil cultivation;
Methane (CH4), which is associated with cattle and livestock manure; and
Nitrous oxide (N2O), which comes from using fertilizer and manure
Conversely, agriculture helps slow climate change by storing carbon on agricultural lands. Storing, or sequestering, carbon in soil as organic matter, perennial vegetation, and in trees reduces carbon dioxide amounts in the atmosphere.
The main gases emitted by agricultural activities are:
Carbon dioxide (CO2), which is released during soil cultivation;
Methane (CH4), which is associated with cattle and livestock manure; and
Nitrous oxide (N2O), which comes from using fertilizer and manure
Conversely, agriculture helps slow climate change by storing carbon on agricultural lands. Storing, or sequestering, carbon in soil as organic matter, perennial vegetation, and in trees reduces carbon dioxide amounts in the atmosphere.
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