White Paper on Carbon Emissions from Pulse Crops
White Paper on a Systematic Analysis of the Effects on Carbon Emissions from Pulse Crops in Canadian Cropping Systems
- March 2018
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Authors
Susan MacWilliam - Saskatchewan Research Council, Saskatoon SK, S7N 2X8
David Parker - Saskatchewan Research Council, Saskatoon SK, S7N 2X8
Denis Tremorin - Pulse Canada, Winnipeg MB, R3M 0A5
Christopher P.F. Marinangeli - Pulse Canada, Winnipeg MB, R3M 0A5
Brief Abstract: This study used a meta-analytic approach to systematically examine changes in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensities (i.e., carbon footprints) between pulse-containing and pulse-free crop rotations in western Canada.
A systematic literature review was conducted to identify published literature relevant to the goal of the analysis and meta-analysis was conducted to determine statistically significant differences in GHG emissions between pulse-free and pulse-containing crop rotations.
The results of the analysis are presented by crop for each pulse-free and pulse-containing cropping sequence for each scenario to allow for flexibility in comparing GHG emissions from various rotations.
