Modeling shows that alternative soil management can decrease greenhouse gases | Zendy

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Modeling shows that alternative soil management can decrease greenhouse gases

Author(s) -

Steven De Gryze,

María Victoria Albarracín,

Rosa Català-Luque,

Richard Howitt,

Johan Six

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

california agriculture

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.472

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2160-8091

pISSN - 0008-0845

DOI - 10.3733/ca.v063n02p84

Subject(s) - greenhouse gas , environmental science , greenhouse , agriculture , cropping , incentive , greenhouse effect , ecosystem , agricultural engineering , environmental protection , natural resource economics , climate change , agronomy , global warming , ecology , economics , engineering , biology , microeconomics

Agricultural management has a significant impact on the amount of greenhouse gases emitted by cropped fields. Alternative practices such as winter cover cropping and avoiding overfertilization can decrease the total amount of greenhouse gases that are produced. Policymakers are considering a structure in which parties (such as factories) who exceed their greenhouse-gas emissions cap can pay incentives to encourage farmers to adopt practices that curb greenhouse gases. Based on data from field studies and an ecosystem computer model, we assessed impacts on yields and the total potential for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions of certain alternative practices in California.

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