Greenhouse gas emission intensities and economic efficiency in crop production: A systems analysis of 95 farms

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 142-151

  Bonesmo, Helge ^a   Skjelvåg, Arne Oddvar ^b   Henry Janzen, H ^c   Klakegg, Ove ^a   Tveito, Ole Einar ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d NORWEGIAN METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Crop production; Farm scale; Profitability; Soil C; Soil N 2O; Stochastic simulation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL EMISSION; ARABLE LAND; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PLANT; CROP PRODUCTION; DATA SET; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCENTIVE; MITIGATION; NITROUS OXIDE; PROFITABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; STOCHASTICITY;

NORWAY;

AVENA; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84860669625     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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