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Figure 3: Changes in the sectoral greenhouse gas emissions, million-ton CO2 eq.
(generated by the writer based on TÜİK, 2021b data.)

Figure 4: The distribution of agriculture sector-based greenhouse gas emissions,
2019 (generated by the writer based on TÜİK, 2021b data.)

It is observed that with each passing year, there is a decrease in the number
of agricultural land due to climate change, wrong agricultural practices,
urbanization, excessive use of pesticides, and fertilizers, etc. (Ağaçayak and
Öztürk, 2017). Looking at the changes in agricultural land in Türkiye, it will be
noticed that the total agricultural land decreased from 40.9 million ha to 37,8
million ha between the years, 2001-2020. It will also be seen that meadows
and pastures have remained the same at 14.6 million ha. This results from

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