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| Title: | Agricultural Costs of Carbon Dioxide Abatement via Land-use Adaptation on organic soils |
| Authors: | Schaller, Lena
Kantelhardt, Jochen
Droesler, Matthias
Hoper, Heinrich |
| Authors (Email): | Schaller, Lena (lena.schaller@boku.ac.at)
Kantelhardt, Jochen (jochen.kantelhardt@boku.ac.at)
Drosler, Matthias (droesler@wzw.tum.de)
Hoper, Heinrich (Heinrich.Hoeper@lbeg.niedersachsen.de) |
| Keywords: | CO2 abatement cost
climate change mitigation strategies
microeconomic consequences
organic
soil management |
| Issue Date: | 2011 |
| Abstract: | Increasing carbon dioxide emissions and related climate effects require mitigation strategies,
thereby also emissions caused by agriculture are brought into the focus of political debate. In
particular organic soil cultivation, inducing significant CO2 emissions is being discussed more and
more. This study aims to answer the question of whether changes of organic soil management can
serve as cost-efficient mitigation strategies for climate change. To this end we have built an
economic model in which farm-individual and plot-specific CO2-abatement costs of selected landuse
strategies are calculated by contrasting effects on the agricultural income with the related
reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions. With respect to microeconomic data we use a dataset
collected in six German regions while data on emission-factors originates from co-operations with
natural-scientific research groups. Results show that CO2-abatement costs vary due to different
levels of land-use reorganisation. Reasonable emission reductions are mainly achieved when
agricultural intensity is clearly decreased. Agricultural income forgone varies significantly due to
production conditions and mitigation strategies. However, even when economic costs are high
they may be balanced by high emission reductions and may not result in high abatement costs.
Nevertheless, CO2-reductions benefits appear to be social and costs private. Agro-environmental
programmes must be implemented to compensate resulting income losses. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/120393 |
| Institution/Association: | European Association of Agricultural Economists>2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland |
| Total Pages: | 19 |
| Collections: | 2011 International Congress, August 30-September 2, 2011, Zurich, Switzerland
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