Profitability of organic and conventional soybean production under 'green payments' in carbon offset programs

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 266-277

  Singerman, Ariel ^a   Delate, Kathleen ^a   Chase, Craig ^a   Greene, Catherine ^b   Livingston, Michael ^b   Lence, Sergio ^a   Hart, Chad ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon sequestration; cost of production; organic; survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROFITABILITY; SOYBEAN; SURVEY;

UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84868349632     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170511000408     Document Type: Review

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