Management opportunities to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese agriculture

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 209, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-124

  Nayak, Dali ^a   Saetnan, Eli ^b   Cheng, Kun ^c   Wang, Wen ^d,e   Koslowski, Frank ^f   Cheng, Yan Fen ^c   Zhu, Wei Yun ^c   Wang, Jia Kun ^g   Liu, Jian Xin ^g   Moran, Dominic ^f   Yan, Xiaoyuan ^h   Cardenas, Laura ⁱ   Newbold, Jamie ^b   Pan, Genxing ^c   Lu, Yuelai ^j   Smith, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^f SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^g ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

ⁱ ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^j UK China Sustainable Agriculture Innovation Network (SAIN)   (China)

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Author keywords

Agriculture; China; Cropland; Economic potential; Grassland; Livestock; MACC; Management; Technical potential

Indexed keywords

ABATEMENT COST; ARABLE LAND; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CROP YIELD; EMISSION CONTROL; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD SECURITY; GRASSLAND; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIVESTOCK FARMING; METHANE; MITIGATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CHINA;

EID: 84937553872     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.04.035     Document Type: Article

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