Carbon sequestration and farm income in West Africa: Identifying best management practices for smallholder agricultural systems in northern Ghana

Ecological Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 492-502

  González Estrada, Ernesto ^a   Rodriguez, Luis C ^b   Walen, Valerie K ^c   Naab, Jesse B ^d   Koo, Jawoo ^c   Jones, James W ^c   Herrero, Mario ^a,e   Thornton, Philip K ^a,e  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Savanna Agricultural Research Institute   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL CARBON;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 50849129425     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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