Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture: Avoiding trivial solutions to a global problem

Land Use Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 727-736

  Franks, Jeremy R ^a   Hadingham, Ben ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon footprint: MACC; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Mitigation

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MITIGATION; POLLUTION POLICY; POLLUTION TAX;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84857798296     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2011.11.009     Document Type: Article

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