Agricultural sector analysis on greenhouse gas mitigation in US agriculture and forestry

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 128-140

  Schneider, Uwe A ^a   McCarl, Bruce A ^b   Schmid, Erwin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abatement function; Agricultural sector model; Carbon sequestration; Economic potential; Greenhouse gas emission; Mathematical programming; Multiple technical change; Policy simulation

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROINDUSTRY; BIOENERGY; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIVESTOCK; MARKET SYSTEM; MITIGATION; NUMERICAL METHOD; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947690829     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2006.08.001     Document Type: Article

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