The Role of Agriculture in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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英文名称：

The Role of Agriculture in Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

作者：

John Horowitz; Jessica Gottlieb

工作单位：

USDA's Economic Research Service

来源地址：

https://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/pub-details/?pubid=42843

关键词：

agricultural economics;  climate change;  conservation;  greenhouse gas;  emissions;  carbon;  land;  methane;  mitigation;  agricultural practices; 

年份：

2010

出版地：

Washington, DC, USA

总页数：

8 pp

语种：

English

摘要：

Agriculture could play a prominent role in U.S. efforts to address climate change if farms and ranches undertake activities that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere. These activities may include shifting to conservation tillage, reducing the amount of nitrogen fertilizer applied to crops, changing livestock and manure management practices, and planting trees or grass. The Federal Government is considering offering carbon offsets and incentive payments to encourage rural landowners to pursue these climate-friendly activities as part of a broader effort to combat climate change. The extent to which farmers adopt such activities would depend on their costs, potential revenues, and other economic incentives created by climate policy. Existing Federal conservation programs provide preliminary estimates of the costs of agricultural carbon sequestration.