Model Comparison and Quantification of Nitrous Oxide Emission and Mitigation Potential from Maize and Wheat Fields at a Global Scale

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Maize and Wheat Improvement Centeren
cg.contributor.affiliationCGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Securityen
cg.contributor.affiliationCocoa Life Crop Science Technology Platform Mondelez UK R&D Limiteden
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Aberdeenen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.crpMaize
cg.contributor.crpWheat
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionLatin America
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Asia
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.creator.identifierKindie Tesfaye: 0000-0002-7201-8053en
cg.creator.identifierTek Sapkota: 0000-0001-5311-0586en
cg.creator.identifierArun Khatri-Chhetri: 0000-0002-3811-0462en
cg.creator.identifierDawit Solomon: 0000-0002-6839-6801en
cg.creator.identifierClare Stirling: 0000-0002-0025-1542en
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146696en
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-EA_GCP4iLEDen
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-EA_GCP4Maizeen
cg.identifier.projectCCAFS: PII-FP3_CropNutrientGapen
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0048-9697en
cg.journalScience of the Total Environmenten
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ccafsLOW EMISSIONS DEVELOPMENTen
cg.subject.ccafsDATA AND TOOLS FOR ANALYSIS AND PLANNINGen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigation
cg.volume782en
dc.contributor.authorTesfaye, Kindieen
dc.contributor.authorTakele, Robelen
dc.contributor.authorSapkota, Tek Bahaduren
dc.contributor.authorKhatri-Chhetri, Arunen
dc.contributor.authorSolomon, Dawiten
dc.contributor.authorStirling, Clareen
dc.contributor.authorAlbanito, Fabrizioen
dc.date.accessioned2021-04-05T20:48:44Zen
dc.date.available2021-04-05T20:48:44Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/113219
dc.titleModel Comparison and Quantification of Nitrous Oxide Emission and Mitigation Potential from Maize and Wheat Fields at a Global Scaleen
dcterms.abstractMaize and wheat are major cereals that contribute two-thirds of the food energy intake globally. The two crops consume about 35% of the nitrogen (N) fertilizer used in agriculture and thereby contribute to fertilizer-induced nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions. Thus, estimation of spatially disaggregated N2O emissions from maize and wheat fields on a global scale could be useful for identifying emission and mitigation hotspots. It could also be needed for prioritizing mitigation options consistent with location-specific production and environmental goals. N2O emission from four models (CCAFS-MOT, IPCC Tier-I, IPCC Tier-II and Tropical N2O) using a standard gridded dataset from global maize and wheat fields were compared and their performance evaluated using measured N2O emission data points (777 globally distributed datapoints). The models were used to quantify spatially disaggregated N2O emission and mitigation potential from maize and wheat fields globally and the values were compared. Although the models differed in their performance of capturing the level of measured N2O emissions, they produced similar spatial patterns of annual N2O emissions from maize and wheat fields. Irrespective of the models, predicted N2O emissions per hectare were higher in some countries in East and South Asia, North America, and Western Europe, driven mainly by higher N application rates. The study indicated a substantial N2O abatement potential if application of excess N in the maize and wheat systems is reduced without compromising the yield of the crops through technological and crop management innovations. N2O mitigation potential is higher in those countries and regions where N application rates and current N2O emissions are already high. The estimated mitigation potentials are useful for hotspot countries to target fertilizer and crop management as one of the mitigation options in their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTesfay K, Takele R, Sapkota TB, Khatri-Chhetri A, Solomon D, Stirling C, Albanito F. 2021. Model Comparison and Quantification of Nitrous Oxide Emission and Mitigation Potential from Maize and Wheat Fields at a Global Scale. Science of the Total Environment.en
dcterms.issued2021-08en
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
dcterms.publisherElsevieren
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectmaizeen
dcterms.subjectwheaten
dcterms.subjectgreenhouse gasesen
dcterms.subjectgreenhouse gas emissionsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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