How costly is mitigation of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture?. A meta-analysis

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1373-1386

  Vermont, Bruno ^a   De Cara, Stéphane ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Abatement costs; Agriculture; Greenhouse gas emissions; Meta regression analysis; Methane; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; META-ANALYSIS; METHANE; MITIGATION; NITROUS OXIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953139606     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.02.020     Document Type: Short Survey

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