Japan To Extend Emissions Reduction Trading Projects To Agricultural Sector; Will Offer Intermittent Irrigation Method to Philippines, Vietnam

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1. Rice paddies are responsible for 48% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural land. Of those greenhouse gases, 94% is methane, which traps 25 times as much atmospheric heat as carbon dioxide. In Asia, which accounts for 90% of global rice production, reducing methane from paddies is a major ongoing challenge.