Agriculture and climate change

Th purpose of this article is to discuss how agriculture contributes to climate change, as well as possible solutions to this problem. The main reason why agriculture contributes to climate change is mostly because of farming livestock. The farming of livestock releases large amounts of methane, which is a powerful greenhouse gas. Methane is produced during digestion and is released when the animal farts and burps. The farming of plants also releases a greenhouse gas, called nitrous oxide, through fertilizers. The article concludes that in the coming decades, the demand for food is going to…