Ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector in Argentina; 2000–2012

Autores
Castesana, Paula Soledad; Dawidowski, Laura Elena; Finster, Laura; Gómez, Darío R.; Taboada, Miguel Angel
Año de publicación
2018
Idioma
inglés
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Descripción
Agriculture is one of the key economic sectors in Argentina and, in the last decades, the increase in prices and competitiveness of some grains has imposed important changes. In this process, crop cultivation occupied significant extensions of land areas previously dedicated to livestock farming, which in turn have experienced intensification in terms of production through an increasing share of feedlot systems. The agriculture sector is the main NH3 emitter in Argentina, however no inventory developed locally has been thus far available. We estimated the time series 2000–2012 of NH3 emissions, both at national and spatially disaggregated levels. National NH3 emissions in 2012 amounted to 0.31 ± 0.08 Tg, with the use of mineral fertilizers accounting for 43.0%, manure in pasture 32.5%, manure management 23.0% and agricultural waste burning 1.5%. Urea use was the major source of NH3 emissions and its application on wheat and corn crops dominated the trend. Emissions from open biomass burning were estimated but not included in the national totals because of the difficulties in differentiating between agricultural (i.e., prescribed burning of savannas) and non-agricultural emission sources. Compared to this work, NH3 emissions reported by EDGAR were 83% higher than our estimates. The time series of spatially distributed NH3 emission estimates clearly showed the effect of the expansion of cropland, the displacement of planted areas of N-fertilizes crops by competing soybean cultivation and the relocation and intensification of beef cattle production. This new inventory constitutes a tool for policies concerning the impact of agricultural activities on air quality and contributes with more accurate and updated information useful for atmospheric chemical transport modeling. The accuracy and applicability of the inventory may be improved by local studies aimed at refining the spatial disaggregation by focusing in specific areas of fertilizer application, reflecting seasonal and monthly patterns in agricultural practices and climate conditions and addressing likely changes in diets, productivity and excretion rates over time.
Instituto de Clima y Agua
Fil: Castesana, Paula Soledad. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Dawidowski, Laura Elena. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina
Fil: Finster, Laura. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Clima y Agua; Argentina
Fil: Gómez, Darío R. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina
Fil: Taboada, Miguel Angel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instuto de Suelos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
Fuente
Atmospheric environment 178 : 293-30. (April 2018)
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Amoníaco
Emisión de Contaminantes
Sector Agrario
Abonos Nitrogenados
Nitrogen Fertilizers
Agricultural Sector
Pollutant Emission
Ammonia
Argentina
Manure Related Activities
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Condiciones de uso
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Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
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spelling Ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector in Argentina; 2000–2012Castesana, Paula SoledadDawidowski, Laura ElenaFinster, LauraGómez, Darío R.Taboada, Miguel AngelAmoníacoEmisión de ContaminantesSector AgrarioAbonos NitrogenadosNitrogen FertilizersAgricultural SectorPollutant EmissionAmmoniaArgentinaManure Related ActivitiesAgriculture is one of the key economic sectors in Argentina and, in the last decades, the increase in prices and competitiveness of some grains has imposed important changes. In this process, crop cultivation occupied significant extensions of land areas previously dedicated to livestock farming, which in turn have experienced intensification in terms of production through an increasing share of feedlot systems. The agriculture sector is the main NH3 emitter in Argentina, however no inventory developed locally has been thus far available. We estimated the time series 2000–2012 of NH3 emissions, both at national and spatially disaggregated levels. National NH3 emissions in 2012 amounted to 0.31 ± 0.08 Tg, with the use of mineral fertilizers accounting for 43.0%, manure in pasture 32.5%, manure management 23.0% and agricultural waste burning 1.5%. Urea use was the major source of NH3 emissions and its application on wheat and corn crops dominated the trend. Emissions from open biomass burning were estimated but not included in the national totals because of the difficulties in differentiating between agricultural (i.e., prescribed burning of savannas) and non-agricultural emission sources. Compared to this work, NH3 emissions reported by EDGAR were 83% higher than our estimates. The time series of spatially distributed NH3 emission estimates clearly showed the effect of the expansion of cropland, the displacement of planted areas of N-fertilizes crops by competing soybean cultivation and the relocation and intensification of beef cattle production. This new inventory constitutes a tool for policies concerning the impact of agricultural activities on air quality and contributes with more accurate and updated information useful for atmospheric chemical transport modeling. The accuracy and applicability of the inventory may be improved by local studies aimed at refining the spatial disaggregation by focusing in specific areas of fertilizer application, reflecting seasonal and monthly patterns in agricultural practices and climate conditions and addressing likely changes in diets, productivity and excretion rates over time.Instituto de Clima y AguaFil: Castesana, Paula Soledad. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Dawidowski, Laura Elena. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; ArgentinaFil: Finster, Laura. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Clima y Agua; ArgentinaFil: Gómez, Darío R. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; ArgentinaFil: Taboada, Miguel Angel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instuto de Suelos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; ArgentinaElsevier2018-08-09T15:10:32Z2018-08-09T15:10:32Z2018-04info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/3032https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231018300761?via%3Dihub1352-2310https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.02.003Atmospheric environment 178 : 293-30. (April 2018)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología AgropecuariaengArgentina (nation)2000/2012info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess2025-12-18T09:01:02Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/3032instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2025-12-18 09:01:03.096INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector in Argentina; 2000–2012
title Ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector in Argentina; 2000–2012
spellingShingle Ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector in Argentina; 2000–2012
Castesana, Paula Soledad
Amoníaco
Emisión de Contaminantes
Sector Agrario
Abonos Nitrogenados
Nitrogen Fertilizers
Agricultural Sector
Pollutant Emission
Ammonia
Argentina
Manure Related Activities
title_short Ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector in Argentina; 2000–2012
title_full Ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector in Argentina; 2000–2012
title_fullStr Ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector in Argentina; 2000–2012
title_full_unstemmed Ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector in Argentina; 2000–2012
title_sort Ammonia emissions from the agriculture sector in Argentina; 2000–2012
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Castesana, Paula Soledad
Dawidowski, Laura Elena
Finster, Laura
Gómez, Darío R.
Taboada, Miguel Angel
author Castesana, Paula Soledad
author_facet Castesana, Paula Soledad
Dawidowski, Laura Elena
Finster, Laura
Gómez, Darío R.
Taboada, Miguel Angel
author_role author
author2 Dawidowski, Laura Elena
Finster, Laura
Gómez, Darío R.
Taboada, Miguel Angel
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Amoníaco
Emisión de Contaminantes
Sector Agrario
Abonos Nitrogenados
Nitrogen Fertilizers
Agricultural Sector
Pollutant Emission
Ammonia
Argentina
Manure Related Activities
topic Amoníaco
Emisión de Contaminantes
Sector Agrario
Abonos Nitrogenados
Nitrogen Fertilizers
Agricultural Sector
Pollutant Emission
Ammonia
Argentina
Manure Related Activities
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Agriculture is one of the key economic sectors in Argentina and, in the last decades, the increase in prices and competitiveness of some grains has imposed important changes. In this process, crop cultivation occupied significant extensions of land areas previously dedicated to livestock farming, which in turn have experienced intensification in terms of production through an increasing share of feedlot systems. The agriculture sector is the main NH3 emitter in Argentina, however no inventory developed locally has been thus far available. We estimated the time series 2000–2012 of NH3 emissions, both at national and spatially disaggregated levels. National NH3 emissions in 2012 amounted to 0.31 ± 0.08 Tg, with the use of mineral fertilizers accounting for 43.0%, manure in pasture 32.5%, manure management 23.0% and agricultural waste burning 1.5%. Urea use was the major source of NH3 emissions and its application on wheat and corn crops dominated the trend. Emissions from open biomass burning were estimated but not included in the national totals because of the difficulties in differentiating between agricultural (i.e., prescribed burning of savannas) and non-agricultural emission sources. Compared to this work, NH3 emissions reported by EDGAR were 83% higher than our estimates. The time series of spatially distributed NH3 emission estimates clearly showed the effect of the expansion of cropland, the displacement of planted areas of N-fertilizes crops by competing soybean cultivation and the relocation and intensification of beef cattle production. This new inventory constitutes a tool for policies concerning the impact of agricultural activities on air quality and contributes with more accurate and updated information useful for atmospheric chemical transport modeling. The accuracy and applicability of the inventory may be improved by local studies aimed at refining the spatial disaggregation by focusing in specific areas of fertilizer application, reflecting seasonal and monthly patterns in agricultural practices and climate conditions and addressing likely changes in diets, productivity and excretion rates over time.
Instituto de Clima y Agua
Fil: Castesana, Paula Soledad. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Buenos Aires; Argentina
Fil: Dawidowski, Laura Elena. Universidad Nacional de San Martín. Instituto de Investigación e Ingeniería Ambiental; Argentina. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina
Fil: Finster, Laura. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instituto de Clima y Agua; Argentina
Fil: Gómez, Darío R. Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica; Argentina
Fil: Taboada, Miguel Angel. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Instuto de Suelos; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
description Agriculture is one of the key economic sectors in Argentina and, in the last decades, the increase in prices and competitiveness of some grains has imposed important changes. In this process, crop cultivation occupied significant extensions of land areas previously dedicated to livestock farming, which in turn have experienced intensification in terms of production through an increasing share of feedlot systems. The agriculture sector is the main NH3 emitter in Argentina, however no inventory developed locally has been thus far available. We estimated the time series 2000–2012 of NH3 emissions, both at national and spatially disaggregated levels. National NH3 emissions in 2012 amounted to 0.31 ± 0.08 Tg, with the use of mineral fertilizers accounting for 43.0%, manure in pasture 32.5%, manure management 23.0% and agricultural waste burning 1.5%. Urea use was the major source of NH3 emissions and its application on wheat and corn crops dominated the trend. Emissions from open biomass burning were estimated but not included in the national totals because of the difficulties in differentiating between agricultural (i.e., prescribed burning of savannas) and non-agricultural emission sources. Compared to this work, NH3 emissions reported by EDGAR were 83% higher than our estimates. The time series of spatially distributed NH3 emission estimates clearly showed the effect of the expansion of cropland, the displacement of planted areas of N-fertilizes crops by competing soybean cultivation and the relocation and intensification of beef cattle production. This new inventory constitutes a tool for policies concerning the impact of agricultural activities on air quality and contributes with more accurate and updated information useful for atmospheric chemical transport modeling. The accuracy and applicability of the inventory may be improved by local studies aimed at refining the spatial disaggregation by focusing in specific areas of fertilizer application, reflecting seasonal and monthly patterns in agricultural practices and climate conditions and addressing likely changes in diets, productivity and excretion rates over time.
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