8 - الفلاحة

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1
Cause

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accounts for 25% of GHGs if we include induced deforestation.


2
Consequences

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Deforestation is due for 80% to agriculture. It can be considered as a human activity or as a consequence of agriculture of both.


غازات الدفيئة الأخرى

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The pictures in the background of card 9 should put you on the track!


5
Other possible consequences

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Spraying crops does result in aerosols and air pollution, but not to the same extent as incomplete combustion from power plants.


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It doesn't matter if this link is not made, but it is true that agriculture can improve storage capacity through photosynthesis. This is the 0.4% principle (if we increased the soil's capacity to sequester carbon by even 0,4%, we would have a significant impact on CO2).


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Here, we are thinking mainly of pesticides (especially Roundup or neonicotinoids). No link with the climate, but an interesting relation to make.


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Agriculture does not use much fossil fuel, just enough to keep tractors running. Its carbon emissions are high, bu mainly because of methane and nitrous oxide.


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Agriculture does not emit much CO2 except from deforestation. Its carbon emissions mainly come from othe GHGs.


2
Wrong causes

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It would be more logical to link to agricultural yields.


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Yes, the yield decline does affect agriculture, but the agriculture card is here to stand for one of the causes of GHG emissions.