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CO2-emissions from agriculture: Sources and mitigation potentials

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In 1991/92, the subgroup “Agriculture and Forestry” of the IPCC Working Group III developed an update of its earlier statements in the first IPCC-Report, concerning the release of greenhouse gases from agriculture. The present paper is an extract from this updated IPCC Supplement, concentrating on the CO2 emissions from agriculture and its potentials for mitigation.

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Sauerbeck, D.R. CO2-emissions from agriculture: Sources and mitigation potentials. Water Air Soil Pollut 70, 381–388 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01105009

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