Biosphere greenhouse gas management: transformative change in Canadian northern Great Plains agriculture

  • Marie Boehm
  • Henry Janzen
  • Bob MacGregor
  • Murray Fulton
Part of the Environment & policy book series (ENPO, volume 46)

Keywords

Carbon Sequestration Oriented Strand Board Canadian Prairie Direct Seeding Northern Great Plain 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Marie Boehm
    • 1
  • Henry Janzen
    • 2
  • Bob MacGregor
    • 3
  • Murray Fulton
    • 4
  1. 1.Environment Team of Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAgriculture and Agri-Food CanadaSaskatoonCanada
  2. 2.Environment Team of Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaAgriculture and Agri-Food CanadaLethbridgeCanada
  3. 3.Agriculture and Environmental Policy Analysis in the Strategic Policy Branch of Agriculture and AgriOttawaCanada
  4. 4.Agricultural EconomicsUniversity of SaskatchewanSaskatoonCanada

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