Producer Preference for Land-Based Biological Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture: An Economic Inquiry

dc.creatorJiang, Yong
dc.creatorKoo, Won W.
dc.date2017-04-01T14:52:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T05:35:57Z
dc.descriptionThis study was intended to develop an understanding of producer preference for land-based carbon sequestration in agriculture. We conducted a mail survey to elicit producer choice to provide marketable carbon offsets by participating in different carbon credit programs characterized by varying practices. Based on a quantitative analysis, we found that: 1) the market price for carbon offsets could increase producer participation in carbon sequestration; 2) producers perceived differentially different but correlated private costs for adopting carbon sequestering practices, depending on production attributes; and 3) relatively high carbon prices would be needed to stimulate producer provision of carbon offsets by land-based carbon sequestration activities. A simulation of producer choice with agricultural census data estimated potential carbon offsets supply in the Northern Great Plains region. This study contributes to the economic understanding of agricultural potential for greenhouse gas mitigation.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.104512
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/104512/files/SelectedPaper_ProducerPrefercenceForCarbonSequestration.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/104512
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/565836
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/104512
dc.titleProducer Preference for Land-Based Biological Carbon Sequestration in Agriculture: An Economic Inquiry
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