Agriculture, forestry and land use change together account for about one fifth (21.5%) of global GHG emissions. In 2014, they accounted for 10.6 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide equivalents2. Agriculture alone is directly responsible for 5.1 GtCO2-eq, which is about 10% of total global GHG emissions (Danila et al., 2016). While the EU’s agricultural GHG emissions have decreased continuously since the early 1990s (see Figure 1), only a modest further fall is expected up to 2030. Meanwhile, the relative importance of agricultural emissions is expected to rise significantly, with their share of the overall total tripling by 2050