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Quebec hog producers' willingness to accept carbon credit revenue for adopting management practices that reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Posted on:2009-05-08Degree:M.ScType:Thesis
University:McGill University (Canada)Candidate:Guo, YiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2449390005461054Subject:Agricultural Economics
Abstract/Summary:
anada's commitment to the Kyoto Protocol provides agricultural producers with an opportunity to supply carbon offset credits to a domestic carbon market and receive revenue from the sale of these credits. This study employed the multiple bounded discrete choice method to estimate Quebec hog producers' willingness to accept compensation to adopt two management practices that reduce carbon emissions; i.e. reduced protein feeding and adopting a manure storage cover. The average willingness to accept compensation for reduced protein feeding was...
Keywords/Search Tags:Carbon, Willingness, Accept
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