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| Thomas, Cameron. |
| The Australian Government‘s proposal to put a price on carbon is likely to have a significant impact on the price of farm inputs (diesel, fertiliser, water and electricity). Furthermore, offsets (reduction or removal of greenhouse gas emissions that counterbalances emissions elsewhere in the economy) are a potential area of expansion of interest to the agricultural sector. Agrichar is one of the new technologies and farming practices being investigated to counteract carbon-price-imposed costs. Its two claimed benefits, which relate both to the profitability of sugarcane growers as well as to climate change, are the reduction in fertiliser application and the carbon which agrichar can store in the soil for hundreds to thousands of years. This study drew on... |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Carbon price; Sugarcane profitability; Carbon offsets; Agricultural adaptation; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/120871 |
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