چکیده :
Five provinces located in the five main rice-growing regions in China were selected as study areas, which
were Jiangsu, Heilongjiang, Sichuan, Guangdong and Hunan province respectively in the middle and
lower reaches of the Yangtze River, northern, southwest, southern and central rice districts. Carbon footprints
of rice production in these five provinces were calculated through the life cycle assessment method
using governmental statistical data, industrial standards and relevant technical data separately. Material
and energy consumptions were estimated, key stages of energy consumptions and carbon emissions were
identified as well. Moreover, improving measurements had been suggested correspondingly. The results
indicated that: the energy consumptions of rice production in these five provinces ranked as following
(high to low): Guangdong, Heilongjiang, Hunan, Sichuan and Jiangsu. The carbon footprints of rice production
were 2504.20 kg carbon dioxide equation per ton rice (kgCO2-eq./t) (Guangdong province),
2326.47 kgCO2-eq./t (Hunan province), 1889.97 kgCO2-eq./t (Heilongjiang province), 1538.90 kgCO2-
eq./t (Sichuan province) and 1344.92 kgCO2-eq./t (Jiangsu province) respectively. Reducing the quantities
of urea and using the intermittent irrigation method could decrease energy consumption as well as carbon
footprint
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