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Input Data
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**Table 9**  presents the information sources used to provide data for the parameters of the Forestry subsector, and **Table 10**  presents
the data for the Agriculture and Livestock subsector.

.. list-table:: **Table 9.** Key Data and Sources for Land Use and Forestry
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   * - **Data (units)**
     - **Source**

   * - Annual deforestation rate and annual reforestation rate [% yr⁻¹]
     - *Assessment of Land-Use Change in Jamaica* (2021)

   * - Net absorptions and related emissions [Gg CO₂e yr⁻¹]
     - *Assessment of Jamaica’s Climate-Change Mitigation Potential and Implications for its Updated NDC*

   * - Emissions from land-use change, 2006-2012 [Gg CO₂e]
     - Jamaica’s *First Biennial Update Report* (BUR, 2012)

   * - National forest cover [ha or % land area]
     - *National Forest Management Plan*

   * - Classification of forest types [categorical]
     - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining


.. list-table:: **Table 10.** Key Data and Sources for Agriculture and Livestock
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   * - **Data (units)**
     - **Source**

   * - Main crops, cultivated area [Mha] and local production [Mt]
     - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining

   * - Annual crop production by commodity [Mt yr⁻¹]
     - Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN)

   * - Crop export and import volumes & values [t yr⁻¹, USD yr⁻¹]
     - International Trade Centre (ITC) — Trade Map database

   * - Agricultural GHG emissions by category [Gg CO₂e yr⁻¹]
     - Jamaica’s *First Biennial Update Report* (BUR, 2012)

   * - Direct and indirect N₂O emission factors [kg N₂O kg N⁻¹]
     - IPCC *2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse-Gas Inventories*

   * - Population-growth projections [persons]
     - *Vision 2030 Jamaica: National Development Plan – Population Sector Plan*

   * - Fixed and variable costs for cultivation of major crops [USD ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹]
     - *Agricultural Statistics* — Ministry of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic

   * - Fixed, variable and capital costs for banana cultivation [USD ha⁻¹ yr⁻¹]
     - The Banana Board Jamaica

   * - Capital costs for cultivation of assorted crops [USD ha⁻¹]
     - South Sustainability journal; SciELO articles; university theses; Agro-Investment Jamaica Agribusiness Agency; SEPSA reports

   * - Livestock product types and annual production [Mt yr⁻¹]
     - Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining

   * - Yields of livestock products [t product animal⁻¹ yr⁻¹]
     - *Agricultural Statistics* — Ministry of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic

   * - Livestock-sector GHG emissions by category [Gg CO₂e yr⁻¹]
     - Jamaica’s *First Biennial Update Report* (BUR, 2012)

   * - Enteric-fermentation and manure-management emission factors [kg CH₄ animal⁻¹ yr⁻¹ or kg N₂O animal⁻¹ yr⁻¹]
     - IPCC *2006 Guidelines for National Greenhouse-Gas Inventories*

   * - Fixed and variable costs for livestock products [USD animal⁻¹ yr⁻¹]
     - Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPFA); PigTrop website; The Poultry Site; Jamaican Dairy Development Board (JDDB); Goat Seminar Nutramix Jamaica; Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; journals *Investigación y Ciencia* and *Valor Contable*

   * - Capital costs for livestock production systems [USD animal-place⁻¹]
     - Selina Wamucii Platform; Central Ganadera S.A. Colombia