Increased attention by policy makers to the threat of global climate change has brought with it considerable interest in the possibility of encouraging the expansion of forest area as a means of sequestering carbon dioxide. The marginal costs of carbon sequestration or, equivalently, the carbon...

If the United States chooses to implement a greenhouse gas reduction program, it would be necessary to decide whether to include carbon sequestration policies - - -such as those that promote forestation and discourage deforestation - - -as part of the domestic portfolio of compliance activities....

The objective of this project is to design a decision support system for soybean rust management using gaming software that incorporates farmer’'s decision making in the face of risks from soybean rust. Learning from past actions and neighbor’'s actions are also incorporated. Farmers observe...