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Florida’s Agricultural Carbon Economy as Climate Action: The Potential Role of Farmers and Ranchers

Young Gu Her, Tara Wade, Sawssan Boufous, Jehangir Bhadha, and Michael Andreu


Release Date: 10/8/2023

Reviewed At: 9/29/2023

DOI: 10.32473/edis-ae573-2022

Agriculture

Abstract

This article introduces concepts related to carbon sequestration, credits, and markets to help Extension agents, farmers, and concerned residents to better understand how agriculture can help to mitigate climate change, and thus become a part of Florida’s carbon economy. Written by Young Gu Her, Tara Wade, Sawssan Boufous, Jehangir Bhadha, and Michael Andreu, and published by the UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, May 2022.

About this Publication

This document is AE573, one of a series of the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2022. Revised October 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Young Gu Her, assistant professor, hydrology and agricultural engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center; Tara Wade, assistant professor, agricultural natural resources economics, Food and Resource Economics Department, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center; Sawssan Boufous, postdoctoral associate, agricultural natural resources economics, UF/IFAS SWFREC; Jehangir Bhadha, assistant professor, soil, water, and nutrient management, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center; and Michael Andreu, associate professor, forest systems, School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Her, Y. G., Wade, T., Boufous, S., Bhadha, J., & Andreu, M. (2022). Florida’s Agricultural Carbon Economy as Climate Action: The Potential Role of Farmers and Ranchers. EDIS, 2022(3). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ae573-2022

Authors

Young Gu Her
Young Gu Her
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, hydrology and agricultural engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

Tara Wade
Tara Wade
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, Department of Food and Resource Economics, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

Sawssan Boufous
Sawssan Boufous
postdoc
University of Florida

post doctoral associate, agricultural economics, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida Research and Education Center, Immokalee, FL

Jehangir Bhadha
Jehangir Bhadha
Specialist
University of Florida

associate professor, soil, water, and nutrient management, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, FL

Michael Andreu
Michael Andreu
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, forest systems, UF/IFAS School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences

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