Emissions of Methane and Nitrous Oxide in Agriculture

Indicators Years

2011

2009

2008

SLEDI NAM

/ EIONET Slovenija

TWITTER

KOS Tweeti

Export PDF

Download

Take a look

Age of vehicle fleet has impact on GHG emissions

Fossil fuels private cars are dominant mode of transport in Slovenia

Smart and sustainable mobility - What do we think about it?

Key message

Emissions of greenhouse gases, methane and nitrous oxide, in agriculture were reduced by 11.5% from 1986 until 2010. The reduction is mostly the result of decreased cattle, pigs and poultry population, as well as improved livestock manure management.

Charts

Figure KM14-1: The structure of greenhouse gases emissions in agriculture in 2010

Sources:

Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2012.

Show data

		2010
CH4 – enteric fermentation	%	33.9
CH4 – manure management	%	21.9
N2O – manure management	%	7.1
N2O – fertilization with livestock manure	%	8.3
N2O – fertilization with mineral fertilizers	%	7.7
N2O – grazing	%	2.7
N2O – deposition of ammonia and NOX from the atmosphere	%	2.6
N2O – leaching of nitrogen substances to the groundwater and watercourses	%	12.3
N2O – biological nitrogen fixation	%	0.8
N2O – decomposition of crop residues	%	1.3
N2O - obdelava histosolov	%	1.4

Figure KM14-2: Trends of annual emissions of methane and nitrous oxide in agriculture

Sources:

Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2012.

Show data

		1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Methane emissions	index 1986=100	100	99.9	98.7	97.9	98.6	92.7	97.4	94.1	94.6	93.5
Nitrous oxide emissions	index 1986=100	100	103.1	99.3	95.2	94.2	88.1	99.6	90.1	90.9	90.9
Kyoto target 2008-2012	index 1986=100	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92
Methane emissions	1000 t	54.7	54.6	54	53.5	53.9	50.7	53.3	51.5	51.7	51.2
Nitrous oxide emissions	1000 t	3.4	3.6	3.4	3.3	3.2	3	3.4	3.1	3.1	3.1
		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Methane emissions	index 1986=100	91	89.1	91.8	90.4	98	96.9	101.1	96.9	93.8	95.1
Nitrous oxide emissions	index 1986=100	89.2	91.5	93	92.9	94.6	93.2	95.1	90.9	85.5	85.5
Kyoto target 2008-2012	index 1986=100	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92
Methane emissions	1000 t	49.8	48.7	50.2	49.4	53.6	53	55.3	53	51.3	52
Nitrous oxide emissions	1000 t	3.1	3.2	3.2	3.2	3.3	3.2	3.3	3.1	2.9	2.9
		2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Methane emissions	index 1986=100	96	99.8	95.9	96.1	95.4
Nitrous oxide emissions	index 1986=100	86.1	87.1	80.7	83.5	81
Kyoto target 2008-2012	index 1986=100	92	92	92	92	92
Methane emissions	1000 t	52.5	54.6	52.5	52.6	52.2
Nitrous oxide emissions	1000 t	3	3	2.8	2.9	2.8

Figure KM14-3: Trends in greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture

Sources:

Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2012; European Environment Agency, 2011.

Show data

		1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Slovenia	km	100	101.4	99	96.6	96.5	90.5	98.5	92.2	92.8	92.3
EU-27	km					100	97.8	96.1	94.4	94.4	95
EU-15	km					100	94.8	90.3	87.2	86.6	86.6
		1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Slovenia	km	90.1	90.2	92.4	91.6	96.4	95.1	98.2	94	89.8	90.5
EU-27	km	96.1	96.1	96.1	95.9	95	92.9	91.6	90.3	90.3	89
EU-15	km	86.9	87.1	86.6	86	84.3	83.1	82.4	81.3	81	80.3
		2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Slovenia	km	91.2	93.7	88.6	90	88.5
EU-27	km	87.8	87.9	87.7	85.9
EU-15	km	79.7	79.5	79.7	78

Figure KM14-4: Agricultural emissions of methane from enteric fermentation and at the storage of manure in the years 1986 and 2010

Sources:

Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia, 2012.

Show data

		Manure manegement - cattle	Manure manegement- pigs	Manure manegement- poultry	Manure manegement - sheep, goats, horses	Enteric fermentation - cattle	Enteric fermentation - pigs	Enteric fermentation - sheep, goats, horses
1986	1000 t	10.405	11.088	0.783	0.026	30.793	1.1	0.514
2010	1000 t	14.299	5.774	0.36	0.055	29.572	0.631	1.523
Methane emissions from agriculture	Index (1986=100)	137.428	52.07	45.996	209.701	96.037	57.336	296.323