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Non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture : analysing the room for manoeuvre for mitigation, in case of carbon pricing

Deybe D., Fallot A.. 2003. In : IAAE. Reshaping Agriculture's Contributions to Society : 25th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Durban, South Africa,16-22 August 2003. s.l. : s.n., 8 p.. International Conference of Agricultural Economists. 25, 2003-08-16/2003-08-22, Durban (Afrique du Sud).

Relationships between the greenhouse effect and agricultural activity are usually and firstly considered in terms of the impact of climate change on agriculture. But in reverse, farmers and herders may react to a climate policy imposing a carbon price to GHG-emitting activities, and possibly contribute to the emissions mitigation as well as to carbon sequestration. The degree of efficiency of the ractions will vary across regions of the world and across activities. A methodology considering risk associeted with technology changes is proposed for estimating and accounting these reactions under production and resource constraints. For a business-as-usual scenario quantified by the integrated assessment model Image, decisions concerning land-use and alternative practices are modeled. Results indicate that main agricultural activities provide little room for manoeuvre for emissions mitigation.

Mots-clés : politique de l'environnement; pollution par l'agriculture; intervention de l'état; fiscalité indirecte; polluant; impôt; lutte antipollution

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