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TOPIC 1: SOURCE CATEGORIES

Frequency of Agriculture Sector Key Categories

The Agriculture Sector includes several categories that are often among the list of key categories for Annex I Parties. Taking into account the Annex I Party inventories for the years 2004 and 2005, the frequency with which Agriculture Sector source categories were identified as key categories is given in the following table.
Table 2. Frequency of Agriculture Sector Key Categories
Categories Gas 2004 2005
Common key categories:      
  • Enteric Fermentation
    		•  CH4 98% 97%
  • Agricultural soils - direct emissions
    		•  N2O 90% 92%
  • Agricultural soils - indirect emissions
    		•  N2O 85% 92%
    Occasional key category:      
  • Manure Management
    		•  CH4 61% 58%
  • Manure Management
    		•  N2O 53% 55%
  • Agricultural soils - pasture, range, and paddock
    		•  N2O 43% 37%
    Rarely or non key categories:      
  • Agricultural soils, others
    		•  N2O 5% 5%
  • Prescribed burning of Savannas
    		•  CH4 2% 3%
  • Prescribed burning of Savannas
    		• N2O 2% -
  • Rice Cultivation
    		• CH4 - 3%
  • Field burning of agricultural residues
    		•  CH4 - -
  • Field burning of agricultural residues
    		•  N2O - -
    Total Number of Submissions   41 38