Comparison of differential benefits based on price and age of land-use systems in Jose Crespo and Castillo District, Peru
The present study had the objective of comparing the benefits obtained, as a function of prices and age of diverse land-use systems, in the José Crespo y Castillo District. Ten land-use systems were evaluated: cocaine monoculture, secondary forest 12 yr old and eight agroforestry systems (AFS): SSP Echinochloa polystachya HBK and Paspalum conjugatum Berg, traditional and improved AFS cocoa (Theobroma cacao L), 15 and 30-yr old AFS citrus (Citrus sinensis L), AFS pupunha (Bactris gasipaes), and AFS coffee (Coffea arabica L). Carbon sequestration was estimated by the methodology of Arévalo, et al., (2003). Economic evaluation was based on present liquid value determined by multiple regression analysis. It was found that implementation of 1 to 15-yr old systems would result in benefits from carbon storage, as an environmental service, of up to 58%/yr of a given increase in the price paid for said storage, with a minimum baseline price of US$6.75 per ton of carbon annually. The AFS the pupunha, AFS coffee, and cocaine culture belong to this category. Older land-use systems were shown to decrease benefits from carbon storage and economic returns.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
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Asociacion Latinoamericana de Produccion Animal
2010
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| Online Access: | https://ojs.alpa.uy/index.php/ojs_files/article/view/614 |
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