Indian Nitrogen Assessment

Context:

Though agriculture remains the largest contributor to nitrogen emissions, the non-agricultural emissions of nitrogen oxides and nitrous oxide are growing rapidly, with sewage and fossil-fuel burning — for power, transport and industry — leading the trend.

Agricultural soils contributed to over 70% of N2O emissions from India in 2010, followed by waste water (12%) and residential and commercial activities (6%).

 

Cattle account for 80% of the ammonia production, though their annual growth rate is 1%, due to a stable population.

 

Source: TH;

 

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