Category: Agriculture, Forestry and Food

Bio-economics of Conservation Agriculture and Soil Carbon Sequestration in Developing Countries

By CostBenefit on Mar 3, 2010 | In Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Economic Development and Green Jobs, Waste & Recycling, Agriculture, Forestry and Food | Send feedback »

Abstract: Improvement in soil carbon through conservation agriculture in developing countries may generate some private benefits to farmers as well as sequester carbon emissions, which is a positive externality... more to society. Leaving crop residue on… more »

Public acceptance of biofuels

By CostBenefit on Feb 27, 2010 | In Air, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Europe, Companies,CSR,Business,Finance, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Contingent Valuation, Surveys,.., Environmental Economics / Ecological Economics, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: The public acceptance of biofuels in Greece is examined in this work. The analysis of 571 face to face interviews shows that 90.7% of the respondents believe that climatic changes are related to fossil fuel consumption, while only 23.8% know th… more »

Improving production efficiency as a strategy to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions on pastoral dairy farms in New Zealand

By CostBenefit on Feb 27, 2010 | In Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Academic Study/Journal Article, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Nitrogen/Nitrates, Australia, New Zealand, Regulatory Analysis, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: New Zealand's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol requires agriculture, including dairy farming, to reduce current greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by about 20% by 2012. A modeling exercise to explore the cumulative impact of dairy management decisi… more »

Revisiting the Need of Improved Stoves: Estimating Health, Time and Carbon Benefits

By CostBenefit on Feb 25, 2010 | In Air, Land, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Health, Academic Study/Journal Article, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry | Send feedback »

Abstract: Indoor air pollution (IAP), especially through the smoke released when burning solid biomass fuel for cooking, is a major environmental health problem in Nepal. About 85 percent of Nepalese households are dependent on solid biomass fuels for c… more »

OSIRIS and the Collaborative Modeling Initiative on REDD Economics

By CostBenefit on Feb 21, 2010 | In Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Computer Software/Database, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry | Send feedback »

Designing a mechanism for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) that is effective, efficient and equitable requires quantitative economic analysis. The Open Source Impacts of REDD Incentives Spreadsheet (OSIRIS) is a free, t… more »
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