Modeling GHG emissions and carbon sequestration in Swiss agriculture: An integrated economic approach

International Congress Series

Volumn 1293, Issue , 2006, Pages 86-95

  Hediger, W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agricultural economic modeling; Climate change; Greenhouse gas emission; Linear programming; Recursive dynamics; Soil carbon sequestration; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748937531     PISSN: 05315131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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