Table 1.
Major crops and livestock products by % of total intake in India, number of data points available with management information, averaged data and standard deviation for each product, nitrogen input and GHG emissions for different scales.
| crop/livestock prod. | group | subgroup | % of consumption from total food in Indian diets | nr. of data points | yield [tonnes/ha] | std dev | N [kg/ha] | std dev | GHG [kg ha−1] | std dev | GHG [kg kg−1 product] | std dev | GHG [kg 1000 kcal−1] | std dev |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milk | Livestock product | Dairy-lo-fat | 18.17 | 105 | 2.42 | 0.90 | 3.97 | 1.48 | ||||||
| Wheat | Cereals | Cereals | 9.42 | 6017 | 3.26 | 1.14 | 139.41 | 51.47 | 977.15 | 439.70 | 0.34 | 0.21 | 0.12 | 0.07 |
| Paddy Rice | Rice | Cereals | 8.97 | 11993 | 3.61 | 1.51 | 114.37 | 54.21 | 8447.59 | 4754.41 | 5.65 | 4.59 | 1.21 | 0.96 |
| Mangoa | Fruit | Fruit | 4.60 | / | 10.4 | / | 11.7 | / | 750.00 | 0.07 | 0.16 | |||
| Onion | Other | Spices | 3.72 | 48 | 19.55 | 8.59 | 192.57 | 98.24 | 1599.65 | 969.44 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.39 | 0.29 |
| Tomatoa | Other | Vegetable | 3.67 | / | 130 | / | 360 | / | 3000.00 | 0.15 | 0.88 | |||
| Potato | Potato | Tuber | 2.69 | 394 | 23.83 | 9.27 | 236.01 | 181.24 | 3406.46 | 2727.19 | 0.22 | 0.23 | 0.33 | 0.35 |
| Orangea | Fruit | Fruit | 2.57 | / | 10.3 | / | 113 | / | 1300.00 | 0.13 | 0.37 | |||
| Sugarcane | Other | Other | 1.90 | 1312 | 79.35 | 33.49 | 258.84 | 122.67 | 3954.34 | 3975.21 | 0.09 | 0.22 | 0.73 | 2.07 |
| Lentil | Pulses | Pulses | 1.89 | 425 | 0.90 | 0.39 | 16.03 | 14.96 | 292.17 | 303.45 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.13 | 0.13 |
| Spinach | Other | Vegetable | 1.29 | / | 21 | / | 33.5 | / | 1100.00 | 0.05 | 0.30 | |||
| Peas | Pulses | Pulses | 1.17 | 128 | 1.39 | 0.75 | 41.41 | 38.11 | 540.09 | 250.37 | 0.42 | 0.21 | 0.81 | 0.84 |
| Poultry | Livestock product | Chicken | 0.74 | 69 | 2.59 | 0.08 | 1.40 | 0.04 | ||||||
| Egg | Livestock product | Egg | 0.45 | 69 | 2.59 | 0.08 | 1.87 | 0.06 | ||||||
| Groundnut | Pulses | Nuts and oils | 0.39 | 629 | 1.36 | 0.73 | 50.66 | 44.71 | 383.58 | 295.60 | 0.38 | 0.47 | 0.10 | 0.13 |
| Mutton | Ruminant meat | Meat | 0.38 | 280 | 45.54 | 11.89 | 17.32 | 4.52 | ||||||
| Spices (Cumin Seed) | Other | Nuts and oils | 0.08 | / | 2 | / | 100 | / | 1500.00 | 0.75 | 0.25 | |||
| Other Cerealsb | Cereals | Cereals | 2.76 | 3520 | 1.94 | 1.41 | 64.43 | 53.65 | 707.32 | 377.03 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.06 | 0.13 |
| Other Pulsesc | Pulses | Pulses | 3.8 | 3720 | 0.82 | 0.57 | 25.14 | 36.50 | 490.32 | 359.31 | 0.75 | 1.59 | 0.14 | 0.38 |
| Crops for vegetable oilsd | Other | Nuts and oils | 2.84 | 2569 | 1.30 | 0.62 | 40.66 | 36.20 | 532.12 | 632.39 | 0.54 | 0.93 | 0.12 | 0.18 |
a
No plot/farm data were available; typical management and statistical information were used to generate management information.
b
Includes bajra, barley, maize, ragi and jowar.
c
Includes black, red and green gram.
d
Includes coconut, rapeseed, soybean, safflower, sesamum, sunflower.