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To estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, we established inventory of conventional rice cultivation from farmers in Gunsan and Iksan, Jeonbuk province in 2011∼2012. This study was to calculate carbon footprint and to analyse the major factor of GHGs. We carried out a sensitivity analysis using the analyzed main factors of GHGs and estimated the mitigation potential of GHGs. Also we tried to suggest agricultural methods to reduce GHGs that farmers of this case study can apply. Carbon footprint of rice production unit of 1 kg was 2.21 kg CO₂ .-eq. kg -1 . Although amount of CO₂ emissions is largest among GHGs, methane had the highest contribution of carbon footprint on rice production system after methane was converted to carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂ -eq.) multiplied by the global warming potential (GWP). Source of CO₂ in the cultivation of rice farming is incomplete combustion of fossil fuels used by agricultural machinery. Most of the CH₄ emitted during rice cultivation and major factor of CH₄ emission is flooded paddy field in anaerobic condition. Most of the N₂ O emitted from rice cultivation process and major sources of N₂ O emission is application of fertilizer such as compound fertilizer, urea, orgainc fertilizer, etc. As a result of sensitivity analysis due to the variation in energy consumption, diesel had the highest sensitivity among the energies inputs. If diesel consumption is reduced by 10%, it could be estimated that CO₂ potential reduction is about 2.5%. When application rate of compound fertilizer reduces by 10%, the potential reduction is calculated to be approximately 1% for CO₂ and approximately 1.8% for N₂ O. When drainage duration is decreased until 10 days, methane emissions is reduced by approximately 4.5%. That is to say drainage days, tillage, and reducing diesel consumption were the main sources having the largest effect of GHG reduction due to changing amount of inputs. Accordingly, proposed methods to decrease GHG emissions were no-tillage, midsummer drainage, etc.

A Case Study to Estimate the Greenhouse-Gas Mitigation Potential on Conventional Rice Production System