@article{Wise:6772,
      recid = {6772},
      author = {Wise, Russell M. and Cacho, Oscar J.},
      title = {Bioeconomic meta-modelling of Indonesian agroforests as  carbon sinks},
      address = {2008},
      number = {419-2016-26616},
      series = {Conference Paper},
      pages = {25},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {In many areas of developing countries, economic and  institutional factors often
combine to give farmers  incentives to clear forests and repeatedly plant food  crops
without sufficiently replenishing the soils. These  activities lead to large-scale land
degradation and  contribute to global warming through the release of  greenhouse gases
into the atmosphere. We investigate  whether agroforestry systems might alleviate
these trends  when carbon-credit payments are available under the Clean  Development
Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol. A  meta-modelling framework is adopted,
comprising an  econometric-production model of a smallholding in Sumatra.  The
model is used within a dynamic-programming algorithm to  determine optimal
combinations of tree/crop area,  tree-rotation length, and firewood harvest. Results
show  the influence of soil-carbon stocks and discount rates on  optimal strategies and
reveal interesting implications for  joint management of agriculture and carbon.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/6772},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.6772},
}