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Greenhouse gas emissions from pre- and post agricultural production processes

Global, regional and country trends, 1990–2020

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Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 15 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

Category Corporate general interest

Series title FAOSTAT Analytical Briefs

Series number No. 65

To cite or share https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5768en

Synopsis (short abstract) Agrifood systems account for one-third of total anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and pre- and post-production (PPP) activities represent just over 33 percent (5.5 Gt CO2eq) of agrifood systems emissions. PPP activities cover activities after the farm gate (food processing, food packaging, food transport, food retail, food household consumption, agrifood systems waste disposal), and before the farm gate (fertilizer manufacturing, pesticide manufacturing, generation of electricity used on farm, generation of heat used on farm). This analytical brief focuses on a new FAOSTAT domain dedicated to PPP emissions. Data already published in FAOSTAT in previous years, and previously disseminated in other domains, are now organized in the PPP domain, including information on both emissions and the underlying activity data.

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FAO. 2023. Greenhouse gas emissions from pre- and post-agricultural production processes – Global, regional and country trends, 1990–2020. FAOSTAT Analytical Brief Series No. 65. Rome. 

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc5768en

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