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Figure 8: New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture

This figure provides an indication of the emission profile from the agriculture sector in 2007.

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	Proportion of total agriculture emissions (%)	Proportion of total agriculture methane emitted (%)	Proportion of total agriculture nitrous oxide emitted (%)
Sector
AGRICULTURE		66	34
Category:
Dairy cattle	48	37	70
Enteric fermentation	23	35
Pasture  manure	14		42
Atmospheric deposition	3		9
Nitrogen leaching and run-off	3		9
Anaerobic lagoons	<1		<1
Pasture manure and anaerobic lagoons	<1	2
Synthetic fertiliser	3		8
Other soil emissions	1		2
Non-dairy cattle	21	22	20
Enteric fermentation	15	22
Pasture manure	4	<1	12
Atmospheric deposition	1		3
Nitrogen leaching and run-off	1		3
Synthetic fertiliser	1		2
Other soil emissions	<1		<1
Sheep	26	37	5
Enteric fermentation	24	37
Pasture manure	1	<1	3
Atmospheric deposition	<1		1
Nitrogen leaching and run-off	<1		1
Synthetic fertiliser	<1		1
Other soil emissions	<1		<1
Other livestock and agricultural emissions	4	4	5

Note: All figures have been rounded.

 

 

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