Lai Chao-ming, a professor of agricultural chemistry at NTU, has recently completed a three-year study of greenhouse gases produced by agriculture, and has found that every year Taiwan produces more than 30 million metric tons of CO2 and methane through farm activities, including wet paddy production and use of fertilizers.
根據台大全球變遷中心大氣化學組組長賴朝明近年來針對農業製造溫室氣體的調查，包括水稻生產、施肥、家畜排泄物所製造的二氧化碳與甲烷量，數字也不斷增加。