Description: Social and Institutional Barriers to Climate Change Mitigation in Agriculture

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Social and Institutional Barriers to Climate Change Mitigation in Agriculture

Agriculture is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting for approximately 14 percent of total GHG emissions. However, unlike other sectors such as transport or energy, agriculture is potentially a significant carbon...

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Main Authors:	Dulal, Hari Bansha, Brodnig, Gernot
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL EMISSIONS AGRICULTURAL LAND AIR AIR QUALITY ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION ANNUAL METHANE ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS BACTERIA BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES BIOENERGY BIOGAS BIOMASS BIOMASS BURNING CARBON CARBON EMISSIONS CARBON MONOXIDE CARBON OFFSET CARBON OFFSETS CARBON PRICE CARBON SEQUESTRATION CARBON SINK CARBON TRADING CLIMATE CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION CLIMATE RESILIENCE CO2 COASTAL PLAINS COMPOSTING CONSERVATION CONSERVATION MEASURES COST OF CARBON CROP RESIDUES CROPLAND DEGRADED LAND DEGRADED LANDS DESERTIFICATION ECOSYSTEM EMISSION EMISSION FROM RICE FIELDS EMISSIONS EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK ENERGY CONSUMPTION ENTERIC FERMENTATION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ETHANOL EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FERTILIZERS FOREST FORESTRY FORESTRY SECTOR FOSSIL FUEL GHG GHGS GLOBAL FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS GLOBAL WARMING GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL GRASSES GREENHOUSE GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENHOUSE GAS GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS GREENHOUSE GASES HEALTH RISKS INCOME INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT LAND DEGRADATION LAND MANAGEMENT LAND TENURE LAND USE LAND USE CHANGE LANDFILLS MANURE METHANE METHANE EMISSIONS METHANE GAS MITIGATION POTENTIAL N2O NITROGEN NITROUS OXIDE NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS ORGANIC CARBON OZONE REDUCTION IN CARBON RESTORATION SINK SOIL CARBON SOILS SUBSTRATES SUSTAINABLE FOREST SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT TRADING PROGRAMS TRANSACTION COSTS URBAN POPULATION VEGETATION WASTE WASTE MANAGEMENT WETLAND
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/03/12323141/social-institutional-barriers-climate-change-mitigation-agriculture http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11093

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Summary:	Agriculture is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions accounting for approximately 14 percent of total GHG emissions. However, unlike other sectors such as transport or energy, agriculture is potentially a significant carbon 'sink'. Moreover, because the majority of GHG emissions from agriculture originate in developing countries, early intervention could be highly cost-effective. This note examines the potential role of agriculture in climate change mitigation. It discusses: 1) the sector's current GHG emissions, 2) its potential to serve as a sink, 3) best management practices that can be adopted to mitigate climate change, and 4) social and institutional barriers to adopting agricultural mitigation measures, and ways to overcome them.