https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220506184058.htm

In a paper published today in Science, the researchers report that trade in land-use emissions -- which come from a combination of agriculture and land-use change -- increased from 5.1 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (when factoring in other greenhouse gas emissions such as nitrous oxide and methane) per year in 2004 to 5.8 gigatons in 2017.

In the paper, the scientists found that land-use change -- including clearing of carbon-absorbing forests to create space for farms and pastures -- contributed roughly three-quarters of the amount of greenhouse gases driven by the global trade of agricultural goods between 2004 and 2017.