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. 2017 Apr 17;8(2):117–147. doi: 10.1080/21645698.2017.1309490
  Annual reduction based on 1997 average (liters/ha) Crop area (million ha) Total fuel saving (million liters) Carbon dioxide (million kg)
1997 0.00 32.19 0.00 0.00
1998 −0.30 32.44 −9.58 −25.57
1999 −0.14 31.32 −4.43 −11.84
2000 0.01 32.19 0.39 1.03
2001 0.11 30.64 3.30 8.81
2002 0.20 31.93 6.50 17.34
2003 0.31 31.81 10.00 26.71
2004 0.43 32.47 13.82 36.90
2005 0.78 33.10 25.85 69.01
2006 1.14 31.70 36.02 96.18
2007 1.47 37.88 55.82 149.05
2008 1.34 31.82 42.72 114.06
2009 2.18 32.21 70.34 187.80
2010 2.73 32.78 89.53 239.05
2011 3.22 34.35 110.60 295.29
2012 3.71 35.36 131.10 350.03
2013 3.95 35.48 140.20 374.33
2014 4.20 33.64 141.16 376.91
2015 4.44 32.68 145.09 387.39
Total     1,008.43 2,692.50

Assumption: baseline fuel usage is the 1997 level of 46.6 liters/ha