Towards an Integrated Global Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Model: Greenhouse Gases from Agriculture Simulation Model (GreenAgSiM)

Jerome Dumortier, Dermot J. Hayes
May 2009  [09-WP 490]

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Dumortier, J. and D.J. Hayes. 2009. "Towards an Integrated Global Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Model: Greenhouse Gases from Agriculture Simulation Model (GreenAgSiM)." Working paper 09-WP 490. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University.


Abstract

The Greenhouse Gases from Agriculture Simulation Model (GreenAgSiM) presented in this paper aims to quantify emissions from agricultural activity on a global scale. The model takes emissions into account that are directly attributable to agricultural production, such as enteric fermentation (methane), manure management (methane and nitrous oxide), and agricultural soil management (nitrous oxide). Furthermore, carbon stock differences from land-use change (carbon dioxide) induced by agriculture are included in the model. The model will provide policy makers with information about the greenhouse gas implications of policy changes.

Keywords: agriculture, greenhouse gas emissions, land-use change, methane, nitrous oxide, soil carbon.