Modeling the effects of pasture expansion and yield increase on emissions from land-use change
By: Jerome Dumortier... [et al.]
Contributors: Iowa State University. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Series: Working paper -- 10-WP 504; Working paper (Iowa State University. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development) -- 10-WP 504.
Publisher: Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: Greenhouse gas mitigation; Rural Land use; Environmental aspects; Pastures
Description: This paper evaluates the land-use and greenhouse gas emission impact of higher yields in the European Union and a livestock tax in the United States using a global agricultural outlook model and a greenhouse gas model that includes land-use change from cropland and pasture. Both policies are intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by decreasing carbon release from indirect land-use change and lowering livestock emissions. A yield increase in the European Union leads to savings whereas the tax scenario leads to ambiguous results depending on the assumption about extensification and intensification of livestock production.
Notes: "February 2010."

Keywords: crop yield, greenhouse gas emissions, land-use change, pasture extensification.

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