Will yield improvements on the forest frontier reduce greenhouse gas emissions? A global analysis of oil palm

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1301-1308

  Villoria, Nelson B ^a   Golub, Alla ^a   Byerlee, Derek ^b   Stevenson, James ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ^*

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL TRADE; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRICE DYNAMICS;

INDONESIA; MALAYSIA;

EID: 84890524787     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajae/aat034     Document Type: Article

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