{"id":22913,"date":"2022-05-03T14:17:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T14:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/?p=22913"},"modified":"2022-05-10T18:58:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T18:58:04","slug":"do-nearly-30-of-nis-carbon-emissions-come-from-farming-compared-with-10-in-the-rest-of-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/factcheckni.org\/topics\/elections\/do-nearly-30-of-nis-carbon-emissions-come-from-farming-compared-with-10-in-the-rest-of-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Do nearly 30% of NI\u2019s carbon emissions come from farming, compared with 10% in the rest of the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Alliance Party\u2019s 2022 Assembly election manifesto<\/a> claims: \u201cAddressing our agriculture and transport sectors is fundamental to drastically reducing emissions in Northern Ireland. Nearly 30% of Northern Ireland\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions are from agriculture, compared to 10% in the rest of the UK. This reflects the importance of agriculture to our economy, as well as our larger livestock base.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n This is correct, more or less.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Official figures from the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) state that agriculture makes up a 26% share of NI\u2019s total greenhouse gas emissions<\/a>. They project that, by 2030, that figure will be 31%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n