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Academic Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2020, 1(2); doi: 10.38007/AJAS.2020.010201.

Different Farming Practices on Carbon Footprint in Rural Tourism Areas

Author(s)

Haiyang Yu

Corresponding Author:
Haiyang Yu
Affiliation(s)

Dalian Ocean University, Dalian, China

Abstract

As global warming becomes more and more serious, the concept of carbon footprint is welcomed by researchers. In the research on the sustainable development of rural tourism area, carbon footprint analysis has been introduced, and various research results emerge one after another. The research aim is to reduce carbon emissions and realize the sustainable development of rural tourism area, but the effect is not ideal. This paper takes the corn field in a rural tourism area as the research object, selects six corn fields with the same adjacent area, and designs the field experiment by comparing different farming measures. The closed static chamber method was used to collect soil direct greenhouse gas emissions, and the life cycle assessment theory was used to calculate the overall carbon footprint. The total greenhouse gas emissions in corn fields with straw mulching, organic fertilizer application and surge irrigation were only 190.1kg CO2-eq ha-1YR-1 within 10 weeks, far lower than those under other agricultural measures. This shows that different farming practices have different carbon footprints, and scientific and green farming practices can reduce carbon emissions and promote the sustainable development of rural tourism.

Keywords

Rural Tourism, Farming Practices, Carbon Footprint, Carbon Emissions, Life Cycle Assessment

Cite This Paper

Haiyang Yu. Different Farming Practices on Carbon Footprint in Rural Tourism Areas. Academic Journal of Agricultural Sciences (2020), Vol. 1, Issue 2: 1-12. https://doi.org/10.38007/AJAS.2020.010201.

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