North American agriculture: its contribution to the green house effect
by A. Schmitz, H. Furtan, P. Kuch, A. Guzel
International Journal of Environment and Pollution (IJEP), Vol. 4, No. 1/2, 1994

Abstract: This paper assesses the effect of agricultural systems and changing input use in North American agriculture on CO₂ emissions. These emissions are linked to the greenhouse effect. In the early part of the 20th century, there was a significant increase in CO₂ emissions as a large amount of land was diverted from its grassland state into cultivated cropland. CO₂ emissions from North American agriculture peaked in the middle part of the 1970s and have declined appreciably since then. It is quite possible that no significant increases in CO₂ emissions will occur. This will especially be true if the US maintains its current conservation reserve programme in which a significant cropland base is not used for cropland production.

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