Policy and technological constraints to implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation options in agriculture

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 118, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 6-28

  Smith, Pete ^a   Martino, Daniel ^b   Cai, Zucong ^c   Gwary, Daniel ^d   Janzen, Henry ^e   Kumar, Pushpam ^f   McCarl, Bruce ^g   Ogle, Stephen ^h   O'Mara, Frank ⁱ   Rice, Charles ^j   Scholes, Bob ^k   Sirotenko, Oleg ^l   Howden, Mark ^m   McAllister, Tim ^e   Pan, Genxing ⁿ   Romanenkov, Vladimir ^o   Schneider, Uwe ^p   Towprayoon, Sirintornthep ^q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Carbosur   (Uruguay)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^e LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^j KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k Environment and Forest Technology   (South Africa)

^l HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION   (Russian Federation)

^m CSIRO   (Australia)

ⁿ NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^o Pryanishnikov All Russian Scientific Research Institute of Agrochemistry   (Russian Federation)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^q KING MONGKUT'S UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY THONBURI   (Thailand)

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Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon sequestration; Cropland management; Grazing land; Greenhouse gas; Livestock; Mitigation; Policy; Rice

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33751270630     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2006.06.006     Document Type: Review

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