Curbing greenhouse gases: Agriculture's role
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1999
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College Station, Tex.: American Agricultural Economics Association
Abstract
This paper discusses the impacts the Kyoto Protocol may have on agriculture. The authors address the potential of emission trading markets and the role agriculture may play in that market. They discuss agricultures role as a source and as a sink of greenhouse gasses, and also examine the use of biofuels as a mitigation strategy.
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Carbon sequestration, Economic policy, Environmental impacts, Government policy, Markets, Economic impacts, Trade policy, Agricultural ecosystems, Agriculture, Greenhouse gases (GHGs), Emissions trading, Global warming, Kyoto Protocol, Carbon dioxide (CO2), Methane, Nitrous oxide, Carbon sinks, Emission mitigation, Biofuels, Ecosystem Farm/Enterprise Scale Governance
Citation
Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm & Resource Issues 1(14):9-12