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Assessment of the influence of continuous and intermittent irrigation on greenhouse gas emissions from paddy rice
Akinbile, C.O1, Semowo, O.R2, Babalola, T.E3, Hasfalina, C.M4.
The impact of two water management practises on Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions
from paddy rice fields was investigated. New Rice for Africa (NERICA 2) lowland variety was
planted under intermittent irrigation (II) and continuous flooding (CF) water management
practises. Two closed gas chambers (GCs) were developed and used for gas sampling
from paddy fields and measurement was done conventionally in all the four growing stages
of rice. Gas Chromatograph (GH200-9) was used analysing GHGs such as Methane (CH4),
Nitrous oxide (N2O), Hydrogen Sulphide (H2S) and Oxygen (O2). Soil analyses were carried
out to determine the presence of the following parameters viz: nitrogen (N), phosphorus
(P), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), Manganese (Mn) and calcium (Ca). Others are
Organic Carbon (OC), Moisture Content (MC), Iron (Fe), Chloride (Cl) and Electrical
conductivity (EC) using standard laboratory procedures and ascertain effects of their
availability on GHGs concentration levels. From the study, no appreciable CH4 emissions
was detected during the four growing stages and under the two water management
practises but other GHGs emitted were higher in CF compared with II. Soil nutrients such as
N, OC, K and P also contributed considerably to emissions recorded on the two rice fields.
The detection of H2S was also an indication that other gases apart from the common GHGs
were present in rice fields. Although, CH4 was not detected, other GHGs emitted were more
in CF when compared with II which suggested that II be encouraged as a mitigation
strategy for reducing impacts of its emissions.
Affiliation:
- Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
- Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
- Federal University of Technology, Nigeria
- Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
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