Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil [Hardcover]

The potential to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and global climate change is one factor driving agricultural policy development of programs that might pay farmers for practices with a high potential to sequester carbon. With chapters by economists, policy makers, farmers, land managers, energy company representatives, and soil scientists, Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil explores a broad range of topics. It examines topics such as the effects of soil tillage and mulch rate, soil monitoring and assessment, soil fertility management, policy options, and the economic issues associated with carbon sequestration.

This volume caps a series of books from leading researchers on carbon sequestration in soils by integrating the science with the economic and policy issues surrounding it. It provides agricultural scientists, farmers, and policy makers with innovative and environmentally friendly practices for improved land management and crop production. Agricultural Practices and Policies for Carbon Sequestration in Soil helps to identify strategies that can lead to widespread adoption of management practices that will enhance productivity, the soil carbon pool, and the overall environment.About the Editors
Acknowledgements
Preface
Foreward, D. Reed, White House Global Change Office
Historical Perspectives
Introduction, J.M. Kimble, R. Lal, and R. Follett
National Trends in Adopting Conservation Practices as Best Management Practices, H. Bloodworth
Why Carbon Sequestration in Soil? R. Lal
Historical Perspective in Land Use Change and Soil Carbon Dynamics, F. Miller
Conservation Tillage and Residue Management
Effects of Crop Rotations on Soil Organic Carbon in Semiarid Prairie - 10 Year Study, C.A. Campbell, R.P. Zentner, V.O. Biederbeck, and B.G. McConkey
Mulch Rate and Tillage Effects on Carbon Sequestration and CO2 Flux from an Alfisol of Central Ohio, S.lÔ