Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 19 January 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Cost and Supply of Fertiliser in the European Union: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Mr. Fabien Santini:
The Deputy has asked me something I will have to look at after the meeting. I do not have the answer. I know that, in general, nitrogen fertilisation has a big impact. I do not think I am wrong when I say that one third of the direct greenhouse gas emissions of agriculture relates to fertilisation. Half of that relates to animal products and half to crops. Two thirds of the emissions relating to crops is due to the fertilisation. I am not especially sure of the role of ammonium nitrate and urea in that regard. I would not dare to give the Deputy a reply without doing a little investigation and estimation.
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