Prabang Setyono, Sunarto Dan and Widhi Himawan
Methane is one of greenhouse gas with a high risk to environment. Agriculture are highest contributors of methane, including a livestock. This research has conducted in Boyolali, a small-scale city in Central Java with the agriculture sector is roles as a basic of local economy. The objective of research is to estimate emission loads of CH4 from agricultural sector in Boyolali. The estimation was conducted with calculation method refer to The IPCC guidelines which applying a top down approaches to collect the data. The data analysis conducted a PSR (Pressure, Stated and Response) approaches. The result shows a potential of 13.495,19 ton CH4 annually produced by agricultural sector in Boyolali. Major of it was comes from the livestock activity (88%), especially an enteric fermentation of ruminants (a breed and a dairy cattle). An emission of livestock followed by a land processing for paddy field (1078,08 ton/year) and biomass burning (560,67 ton/year).