Agricultural carbon sequestration, poverty, and sustainability

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-352

  Antle, John M ^a   Stoorvogel, Jetse J ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 44049099731     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X08004324     Document Type: Article

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