Agri-Environmental Indicators / Energy

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ENERGY USE: Agriculture consumes energy directly for crop and livestock production (machinery, etc) but also indirectly through fertilizers and pesticides. Agriculture also produces energy as biofuels and biomass production. As an energy user, Agriculture contributes to global warming (mainly through CO2 emissions, but also CH4 and N2O emissions), air pollution (mainly through NOx and SO2 emissions) and to the depletion of fossil energy resources. Important energy users are glasshouse horticulture, floriculture and dairy production. Agriculture can make a contribution to the mitigation of climate change and air pollution effects through more efficient energy use and through the production of renewable energy (bio-energy production). Indicator: Agriculture and forestry energy used as a % of total energy use, measured as Agr.Energy use/Total Energy Use)*100. BIOENERGY: Bioenergy refers to energy derived from the biological carbon fixation of plants or from biological tissues. Examples are biodiesel, derived from vegetable oils and animal fats, and bioethanol, produced by the fermentation of carbohydrates of crops like corn. The production of biomass for energy production has important effects on rural development, international policy and economy, and on the environment: it supports the rural economy creating jobs and gives farmers a source of income complementary to food production. Biofuels have also an impact on economy and trade, since they reduce the dependence on oil-producing countries. Being derived from plants, their production contributes to carbon sequestration. Biofuels production presents also some issues, such as the increased pressure on water resources, deforestation (to clear land to cultivate fuel crops), and the change in use of land originally intended for food production. Indicator: Bioenergy production as a % of total energy production. Methodology: Sum of different bioenergy (e.g. biodiesel, biogases). Share of bioenergy on renewable energy prod. = (Biofuels prod/Total renewable production)*100.
Dataset Identifier
environment_energy_e_all_data
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75
Themes
Climate
Keywords
Agriculture, Bioenergy Production, Energy Use
License
Public Domain
Language
English
Modified
29 July 2022 08:04
Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Reference
http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/EE
Last checked date
21 October 2020
Country
World
ISO region
WORLD
Source copyrights
http://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/en/
Data classification
Public
Discontinued Data
Yes
Unit of measure
Percentage %
Publisher Periodicity
Annualy
Territory
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26 February 2024 11:50 (metadata)
29 July 2022 08:04 (data)

DCAT

Issued
16 May 2013
Accrual periodicity
Annually
Temporal
1971-2009

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