ISSN: 2474-8846
Authors: Kgorutla LE, Badu BA, Xue Z* and Qiang G*
Agricultural farmlands and other agro-practices release the greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere which contributes to global warming. The effect of agriculture on greenhouse gases outflows has turned in to a key issue, considering these gases are affected by agricultural development. This review is focused on GHG emission from agricultural farmland in South Africa. The emission is discussed with other countries in aspect of Agricultural, forestry and Land-use practices (AFOLU) sector. Not every country has managed to compile their first and second communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and emissions for almost a decade of data were available for some countries. In this review the GHG inventory and mitigation-policies are also discussed. A few methodologies can be considered to improve the efficiency of the best agricultural farmlands. It is very much perceived that management of practice increase GHG emission in some countries however there are some research gaps and the agricultural sector will face challenges in years to come. A mutual strategy to fill the research gaps for GHG emission data available must consist of collaboration of international systems, implementing new appropriate and improved technologies to provide more knowledge about the emission of greenhouse gas.
Keywords: AFOLU; Agricultural farmland; Greenhouse gas; Mitigation
