Assessing costs of soil carbon sequestration by crop-livestock farmers in Western Australia

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 112, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-37

  Kragt, Marit E ^a,b   Pannell, David J ^a   Robertson, Michael J ^b   Thamo, Tas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

APSIM; Bio economic modelling; Carbon farming; Climate change mitigation; MIDAS; Soil carbon storage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MODELING; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP RESIDUE; DRYLAND FARMING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; INCENTIVE; MIXED FARMING; PASTURE; POLLUTION TAX; SOIL CARBON;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84864397068     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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