Developing greenhouse gas marginal abatement cost curves for agricultural emissions from crops and soils in the UK

Michael MacLeod; Dominic Moran; Vera Eory; Bob Rees; Andrew Barnes; Cairistiona F. E. Topp; Bruce Ball; Steve Hoad; Eileen Wall; Alistair McVittie; Guillaume Pajot; Robin Matthews; Pete Smith; Andrew Moxey

doi:10.1016/j.agsy.2010.01.002

Developing greenhouse gas marginal abatement cost curves for agricultural emissions from crops and soils in the UK

Michael MacLeod^*, Dominic Moran, Vera Eory, Bob Rees, Andrew Barnes, Cairistiona F. E. Topp, Bruce Ball, Steve Hoad, Eileen Wall, Alistair McVittie, Guillaume Pajot, Robin Matthews, Pete Smith, Andrew Moxey

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Emissions of greenhouse gases from agriculture are likely to come under increasing scrutiny as governments around the world develop proposals for large cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. Yet while there is a range of technically feasible measures for reducing agricultural emissions, it is not immediately apparent which options deliver the most economically efficient reductions in greenhouse gases. This paper develops a marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) for crop and soil measures applicable in UK agriculture. A range of specific abatement measures are screened for their cost-effectiveness and mitigation potential in the field. An efficient subset is identified with reference to a cost per tonne threshold of

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	198-209
Number of pages	12
Journal	Agricultural systems
Volume	103
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2010.01.002
Publication status	Published - May 2010

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Marginal abatement cost curves
Greenhouse gas mitigation
Crops and soils
US AGRICULTURE
MITIGATION
CARBON
MANAGEMENT
FORESTRY
LAND
N2O
CO2

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