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Agricultural GHG emission and calorie intake nexus among different socioeconomic households of rural eastern India
- Source :
- Environment, Development and Sustainability. 23:11563-11582
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021.
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Abstract
- A study was conducted to examine the interrelationships among socioeconomic factors, household consumption patterns, calorie intake and greenhouse gas emissions factors in rural eastern India based on household survey data. Findings indicated that higher monthly per capita incomes (12.1–80.1$) were associated with greater average calorie intakes (2021–2525 kcal d−1). As estimated by the FEEDME model, in total 17.2% of the population was calorie malnourished with a regional disparity of 29.4–18.2% malnourishment. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions were calculated only on the basis of crop and livestock production and consumption. Rice accounted for the highest share of total GHG emissions, on average 82.6% on a production basis, which varied from 58.1% to 94.9% in regional basis. Rice contributed the greatest share (~ 65% and 66.2%) in terms of both calories and GHG emissions (CO2 eq y−1), respectively, on a consumption basis. We conclude that extensive rice farming and increasing animal product consumption are dominant factors in the higher carbon footprint in this region and are likely to further increase with increase in per capita income. This study provides useful information to help for better crop planning and for fine-tuning food access policy, to reduce carbon footprint and calorie malnutrition.
- Subjects :
- Consumption (economics)
Economics and Econometrics
education.field_of_study
Calorie
business.industry
Geography, Planning and Development
Population
0211 other engineering and technologies
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Per capita income
01 natural sciences
Agricultural economics
Geography
Agriculture
Greenhouse gas
Carbon footprint
Per capita
021108 energy
education
business
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15732975 and 1387585X
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Environment, Development and Sustainability
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........7afe91f83fcb82ce413776c6e159c9e1