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<p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Food Statistics Pocketbook 2013 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/food-statistics-pocketbook"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/food-statistics-pocketbook</a>)
contains a chapter on environmental statistics, including greenhouse gas emissions.
Around 176 million tonnes of CO<sub>2</sub> equivalent greenhouse gases (mt CO<sub>2</sub>e)
were emitted within the UK from domestic agri-food sector activity in 2011. This excludes
emissions from non-fertiliser pre-farm gate production, food packaging, food waste
and land use change; the largest contributor is net trade in food and drink, estimated
at 61 mt CO<sub>2</sub>e. The UK farming and fishing sector was the second largest
contributor, accounting for 55.1mt CO<sub>2</sub>e.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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