Sylvain Pellerin is Inrae research director and deputy head of the AgroEcoSystem department.
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- In France, what share does agriculture represent in our greenhouse gas emissions?
Sylvain PELLERIN
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- Agriculture stricto sensu represents 19% of French emissions but unlike other sectors, it emits relatively little CO2, the latter mainly coming from the use of agricultural machinery.
Indeed, 51% of emissions are methane (a powerful greenhouse gas emitted by ruminants and by the storage of livestock manure), and 46% of nitrous oxide due to the use of nitrogen fertilizers. .
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