Economic potential for soil carbon sequestration in the Nioro region of Senegal's Peanut Basin

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dc.contributor.authorDiagana, B.en
dc.contributor.authorAntle, J.en
dc.contributor.authorStoorvogel, J.en
dc.contributor.authorGray, K.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialNioro regionen
dc.coverage.spatialSénégalen
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:20:03Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:20:03Zen
dc.date.issued2007en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThis paper discusses a study that used biophysical and economic simulation models to assess farmers' involvement in soil carbon contracts in the Nioro region of Senegal's Peanut Basin. The analysis incorporated climate and soil data with multiple scenarios of fertilizer use and crop residue incorporation to estimate potential for carbon sequestration under different parameters. This provided the basis for simulating carbon payment schemes in which farmers could be paid for applying higher levels of fertilizer and incorporating their crop residues. Although the results suggest that it is possible to sequester marketable amounts of carbon in the Nioro region, there was insufficient data on labor costs, transaction costs, and opportunity costs associated with crop residue incorporation. Thus, data collection before the economic potential for carbon sequestration in the region can be fully assessed and carbon contracts can be developed and implemented.en
dc.description.notesPES-1 (Payments for Environmental Services Associate Award)en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier2536en
dc.identifier.citationAgricultural Systems 94(1): 26-37en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2005.08.010en
dc.identifier.issn0308-521Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/67041en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherElsevier Ltden
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectCarbon sequestrationen
dc.subjectPayments for environmental servicesen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectAgricultureen
dc.subjectSoilen
dc.subjectModelingen
dc.subjectSoil organic matteren
dc.subjectFertilizationen
dc.subjectPESen
dc.subjectEconomic potentialen
dc.subjectModelen
dc.subjectSenegalen
dc.subjectContractsen
dc.subjectCrop residuesen
dc.subjectCarbon payment schemeen
dc.subjectEcosystem Field Scaleen
dc.titleEconomic potential for soil carbon sequestration in the Nioro region of Senegal's Peanut Basinen
dc.typeAbstracten
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