Scientist predicts agri-emissions fall

REDUCING animal numbers and changing systems of production will lead to a significant drop in greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, a leading scientist declared yesterday.

Cattle flatulence is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.

But the Agricultural Science Association conference in Sligo yesterday was told that emissions from the national dairy herd have dropped by almost 10% since 1990 as a result of a reduction in the number of dairy cows.