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Global greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of crop and livestock products at 5 arc minutes resolution, 1997-2003 v2

The greenhouse gas (GHG) emission represent the amount of greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide) emissions associated with the annual production of seven livestock commodities, considering the following processes: enteric fermentation, manure deposition on grassland, manure management on farm; application of manure on feed crops and application of synthetic fertiliser on grassland and feed crops, plus other cropland emissions for feed crops (e.g. peatland drainage and methane from rice cultivation). We also provide the greenhouse gas emission intensities, which indicate the amount of greenhouse gas emissions per unit of mass of animal products produced annually. The considered livestock commodities are: bovine ('BV') meat and milk, small ruminant (sheep and goat, 'SG') meat and milk, pig (PG) meat, poultry (chicken, ducks, 'PT') meat, and poultry eggs. The resolution is 5 arc minute, across the global land area, for the period around year 2000. The greenhouse gas (GHG) emission represent the amount of greenhouse gases (nitrous oxide, methane and carbon dioxide) emissions associated with the annual production of 172 cultivated crops, considering the following processes: application of manure and synthetic fertiliser on cropland, peatland drainage, and methane from rice cultivation. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/ccbd5c0b-21b2-40ce-bafd-6ccea4a270a4

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2025-07-07
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2025-06-20
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https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/ccbd5c0b-21b2-40ce-bafd-6ccea4a270a4
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doi: / 10.5285/ccbd5c0b-21b2-40ce-bafd-6ccea4a270a4
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Dalin, C., Kennard, H., Carlson, K., Herrero, M., Quinn, R., Chang, J., Gerber, J.S., Kastner, T., Guilbert, M. (2025). Global greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of crop and livestock products at 5 arc minutes resolution, 1997-2003 v2. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/ccbd5c0b-21b2-40ce-bafd-6ccea4a270a4
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  University College London - Carole Dalin
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  University College London - Dalin, C.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2123-9622
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  University College London - Kennard, H.
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  New York University - Carlson, K.
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  Cornell University - Herrero, M.
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  Atlantic Technological University - Quinn, R.
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  Zhejiang University - Chang, J.
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  University of Minnesota - Gerber, J.S.
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  Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre - Kastner, T.
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  École Normale Supérieure - Guilbert, M.
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  University College London
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  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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  • Production and Industrial Facilities
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Dalin, C., Kennard, H., Carlson, K., Herrero, M., Quinn, R., Chang, J., Gerber, J.S., Kastner, T., Guilbert, M. (2025). Global greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of crop and livestock products at 5 arc minutes resolution, 1997-2003 v2. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/ccbd5c0b-21b2-40ce-bafd-6ccea4a270a4
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9260  urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Farming
Begin date
1997-01-01
End date
2003-12-31
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WGS 84
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2010-12-08
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The overall methodology has been developed in the forthcoming publication by Dalin et al. (in prep.). The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of crop products are calculated, at a 5arcmin spatial resolution for the production of year 2000 as the sum of: GHG from peatland drainage (directly from Carlson et al. 2016), GHG from rice cultivation, and GHG from manure and synthetic fertiliser application on cropland. Both GHG from rice cultivation and GHG from manure applied to cropland depend on the amount of manure available and used for fertilising cropland as evaluated here based on Herrero et al. 2013, re-estimated by Dalin et al. (in prep.), following methods as in Carlson et al. 2016. These amounts of manure are also relevant for, and consistent with, the livestock’s GHG emissions estimated here. In addition, we produced two versions of nitrous oxide emissions from cropland due to manure and synthetic fertiliser applied to cropland (and from grassland, due to manure deposited and synthetic fertiliser applied, relevant for livestock): one using a linear model and the other with a non-linear model (see Carlson et al. 2016). The greenhouse gas emission and greenhouse gas emission intensities of livestock products are calculated, at a 5arcmin spatial resolution for the production of year 2000 as the sum of livestock’s farm-level GHG emissions and feed-related GHG emissions (feed coming from both cropland and grasslands). Livestock farm-level GHG emissions include methane from enteric fermentation for ruminants (bovine, sheep and goat) as estimated by Herrero et al. 2013, methane and nitrous oxide from manure management as estimated by Herrero et al. 2013, and nitrous oxide from manure left on pasture estimated using the model used by Carlson et al. 2016. Feed-related GHG emissions include nitrous oxide from three sources: synthetic fertiliser applied on cropland, synthetic fertiliser applied on grassland, and manure applied on cropland. We account for animals’ diet composition (Herrero et al. 2013), the country of origin of feed crops (FAOSTAT), and the forage use efficiency and productivity of grasslands (ORCHIDEE, Chang J. et al. 2016). Quality control: Testing of the computational steps has been ensured thanks to fully independent, parallel coding and computations done by 3 of the co-authors, with matching results. Averages of the gridded data aggregated at the national scale have been compared with reported national-level values by FAOSTAT.
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2025-08-04T13:47:31
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UK GEMINI
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2.3
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  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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