Capital assets and institutional constraints to implementation of greenhouse gas mitigation options in agriculture

Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-23

  Dulal, Hari Bansha ^a   Brodnig, Gernot ^a   Shah, Kalim U ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Agricultural carbon mitigation; Capital assets; Climate change; Greenhouse gas emissions; Institutions

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; CAPITAL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CARBON SINK; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; MITIGATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION;

EID: 78650188013     PISSN: 13812386     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11027-010-9250-1     Document Type: Article

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