Table 2.

Estimated and projected methane and nitrous oxide emissions (kg×10⁶) from manure management of different species of livestock in World and India

	World					India
	Estimated			Projected		Estimated			Projected
	1961	2010	AGR	2025	2050	1961	2010	AGR	2025	2050
Methane
Cattle	4,127	6,516	0.94	7,002	7,955	215	434	1.45	464	571
Buffalo	355	828	1.74	933	1,172	256	557	1.60	629	789
Sheep	181	177	−0.04	183	180	6.0	11	1.25	12	14
Goat	57	157	2.11	222	367	10	26	1.91	30	38
Swine	1,844	3,127	1.08	3,700	4,305	26	48	1.28	64	100
Poultry	82	413	3.37	537	759	2.3	18	4.28	20	30
Camel	28	58	1.47	62	74	1.7	0.9	−1.43	0.9	0.5
Ass	32	38	0.37	40	43	1.0	0.3	−2.45	0.3	0.1
Mule	9.0	10	0.10	9.0	9.0	0.05	0.1	1.55	0.22	0.29
Horse	95	90	−0.11	86	84	2.2	0.9	−1.88	0.69	0.23
Total	6,810	11,414	1.06	12,849	15,046	520	1,096	1.53	1,221	1,543
Nitrous oxide
Cattle	157	177	0.25	201	210	4.2	4.1	−0.06	4.1	3.9
Buffalo	18	29	1.05	33	38	2.2	4.8	1.60	5.4	6.8
Sheep	13	12	−0.19	12	11	0.6	1.2	1.25	1.3	1.5
Goat	3.7	9.6	1.98	12	16	1.0	2.4	1.91	2.7	3.4
Swine	37	95	1.94	112	138	0.29	0.54	1.28	0.94	1.2
Poultry	15	59	2.90	74	102	0.3	2.3	4.28	3.0	4.6
Camel	0.07	0.10	0.66	0.11	0.13	0.014	0.007	−1.43	0.006	0.005
Ass	0.32	0.33	0.023	0.33	0.34	0.017	0.005	−2.45	0.004	0.003
Mule	0.089	0.076	−0.32	0.074	0.069	0.001	0.002	1.55	0.002	0.002
Horse	0.63	0.53	−0.36	0.50	0.47	0.004	0.002	−1.88	0.002	0.001
Total	244	383	0.92	445	516	8.67	15.3	1.17	17.5	21.4

AGR = Annual growth rate (%).