Which policy would work better for improved soil fertility management in sub-Saharan Africa, fertilizer subsidies or carbon credits?

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-172

  Marenya, Paswel ^a   Nkonya, Ephraim ^a   Xiong, Wei ^b   Deustua, Jose ^c   Kato, Edward ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c APOYO Consultoria SAC ^*  (Peru)

Author keywords

Carbon payments; Fertilizer subsidy; Net present value; Soil fertility; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CROP YIELD; LAND MANAGEMENT; SMALLHOLDER; SOIL FERTILITY; SUBSIDY SYSTEM;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84861407723     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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