Research Article
Biofuel Expansion, Fertilizer Use, and GHG Emissions: Unintended Consequences of Mitigation Policies
Table 10
Change in emissions between baseline and afforestation scenario.
| | Enteric fermentation | Manure management | Synthetic fertilizer | ASM (except fertilizer) | LUC emission |
| | (Million metric tons of CO2-equivalent) | Argentina | −0.01 | −0.01 | 0.03 | 0.15 | 6.50 | Brazil | −0.02 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 1.30 | 140.51 | China | −0.30 | −0.01 | 0.68 | 1.51 | 31.54 | European Union | −0.04 | −0.01 | 0.11 | 0.07 | 8.45 | India | −0.03 | 0.00 | −0.05 | −0.02 | 3.46 | United States | −1.23 | −0.54 | −2.77 | −3.48 | −158.95 | Rest of the world | 0.35 | 0.14 | 0.57 | 1.05 | 114.24 | World | −1.29 | −0.40 | −1.35 | 0.58 | 145.75 |
| | (Percent change) | Argentina | −0.02% | −0.18% | 0.81% | 0.18% | 9.95% | Brazil | −0.01% | 0.12% | 0.86% | 0.51% | 24.05% | China | −0.17% | −0.01% | 0.70% | 0.41% | 29.29% | European Union | −0.03% | −0.02% | 0.27% | 0.09% | 12.21% | India | −0.02% | −0.01% | −0.10% | −0.04% | 1.79% | United States | −1.04% | −1.37% | −6.43% | −1.62% | 167.27% | Rest of the world | 0.07% | 0.11% | 0.60% | 0.14% | 7.71% | World | −0.09% | −0.11% | −0.39% | 0.03% | 6.06% |
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