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TABLE 4:
Comparison of the annual GHG emission budgets of the 2001 Canadian beef
and pork industries before and after land redistribution due to increased pork production.
TgCO
2
e
Farm type
Region
CH
4
N
2
O CO
2
GHGs
Baseline annual GHG emissions prior to land redistribution
Beef
East
2.64
2.06
0.49
5.19
West
14.71
8.32
2.78
25.81
Pork
East
1.62
1.44
0.92
3.99
West
1.46 0.77 0.83 3.06
Deducted GHG emissions resulting from reduced beef production
Beef
East
0.26
0.21
0.05
0.52
West
1.47 0.83 0.28 2.58
Additional GHG emissions resulting from increased pork production
Pork
East
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.09
West
0.26 0.14 0.15 0.54
Net annual GHG emissions deducted from land redistribution
East
0.23
0.17
0.03
0.43
West
1.21
0.69
0.13
2.04
TABLE 5:
Annual GHG emissions from the residual forage area (rA) under four land use
scenarios 1 in eastern and western Canada in 2001.
Scenario #
1
2
3
4
TgCO
2
e
East
0.00
0.19
0.40
0.50
West
0.00
0.29
1.48
1.81
Canada
0.00
0.48
1.88
2.31
1 four scenarios for ∆rA:
Scenario 1: remains under perennial forage cover,
Scenario 2: seeded to annuals,
Scenario 3: returned to beef production with mixed forage and grain diet,
Scenario 4: returned to beef production with mostly forage diet.
