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Denmark's Fourth National Communication on Climate Change 
    
TABLE 5.11 EXPECTED EMISSIONS OF METHANE AND NITROUS OXIDE FROM THE AGRICULTURE SECTOR 2004-2030, 1990-2003 ARE OBSERVED 
Source: 1990-2003: The National Inventory Report (NIR), the National Environmental Research Institute (NERI), April 2005 2004-2030: Projection of greenhouse gas emissions, Memorandum to the Danish EPA, NERI, May 2005. 
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Emissions from agriculture | 
1990¹ | 
2000¹ | 
2003¹ | 
2005 | 
”2010” | 
”2015” | 
2020 | 
2025 | 
2030 | 
 
| CH4 (Gg) | 
Digestive process | 
148.09 | 
136.78 | 
130.17 | 
127.66 | 
122.96 | 
116.24 | 
112.08 | 
108.33 | 
108.33 | 
 
| Manure | 
35.48 | 
45.29 | 
47.22 | 
48.96 | 
50.08 | 
49.82 | 
50.05 | 
50.30 | 
50.30 | 
 
| Biogas treatment of slurry | 
-0.11 | 
-0.68 | 
-0.93 | 
-1.36 | 
-2.22 | 
-2.33 | 
-2.33 | 
-2.33 | 
-2.33 | 
 
| CH4, total (Gg) | 
183.46 | 
181.40 | 
176.45 | 
175.27 | 
170.83 | 
163.73 | 
159.80 | 
156.29 | 
156.29 | 
 
| N2O (Gg) | 
Manure | 
2.21 | 
1.94 | 
1.85 | 
1.84 | 
1.82 | 
1.80 | 
1.77 | 
1.73 | 
1.73 | 
 
| Biogas treatment of slurry | 
0 | 
-0.68 | 
-0.04 | 
-0.06 | 
-0.10 | 
-0.10 | 
-0.10 | 
-0.10 | 
0.73 | 
 
| Commercial fertiliser | 
7.69 | 
4.83 | 
3.87 | 
3.78 | 
3.52 | 
3.31 | 
3.21 | 
3.13 | 
3.13 | 
 
| Manure spread on fields | 
3.51 | 
3.40 | 
3.57 | 
3.61 | 
3.67 | 
3.67 | 
3.66 | 
3.62 | 
3.62 | 
 
| Wastewater used as fertiliser | 
0.09 | 
0.17 | 
0.23 | 
0.23 | 
0.22 | 
0.22 | 
0.22 | 
0.22 | 
0.22 | 
 
| Ammonia evaporation | 
1.72 | 
1.33 | 
1.22 | 
1.19 | 
1.13 | 
1.07 | 
1.03 | 
1.01 | 
1.01 | 
 
| N run-off | 
10.50 | 
7.05 | 
6.45 | 
6.30 | 
5.94 | 
5.63 | 
5.48 | 
5.35 | 
5.35 | 
 
| Crops with organically-bound N | 
0.88 | 
0.76 | 
0.63 | 
0.62 | 
0.61 | 
0.60 | 
0.58 | 
0.57 | 
0.57 | 
 
| Crop residues | 
1.17 | 
1.09 | 
1.03 | 
1.02 | 
1.00 | 
0.98 | 
0.96 | 
0.94 | 
0.94 | 
 
| Cultivation of humus soil | 
0.23 | 
0.23 | 
0.23 | 
0.23 | 
0.23 | 
0.23 | 
0.23 | 
0.23 | 
0.23 | 
 
| Biogas treatment of slurry | 
0 | 
-0.68 | 
-0.04 | 
-0.06 | 
-0.10 | 
-0.10 | 
-0.10 | 
-0.10 | 
-0.10 | 
 
| N2O , total (Gg) | 
29.01 | 
21.79 | 
19.98 | 
19.70 | 
18.89 | 
18.19 | 
17.79 | 
17.44 | 
17.44 | 
 
| CO2 | 
CH4 | 
3.85 | 
3.81 | 
3.71 | 
3.68 | 
3.59 | 
3.44 | 
3.36 | 
3.28 | 
3.31 | 
 
| eq. | 
N2O | 
8.99 | 
6.76 | 
6.19 | 
6.11 | 
5.86 | 
5.64 | 
5.51 | 
5.41 | 
5.41 | 
 
| CO2 eq. | 
Total in mill. tonnes CO2 eq. | 
12.84 | 
10.57 | 
9.90 | 
9.79 | 
9.44 | 
9.08 | 
8.87 | 
8.69 | 
8.74 | 
 
 
 
1 Emissions for 1990, 2000 and 2003 are excl. emissions from fur-bearing animals, corresponding to reporting in NIR. 
  
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