Guiding policies for agricultural nitrous oxide emission reduction with behavioral insights and experimentation
Abstract Nitrogen fertilizer application causes emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a gas that contributes to global warming. N2O emission reduction is possible given technological advances. But climate policy for N2O reduction faces challenges caused by complex information, entangled risks with invis...
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| author | Tongzhe Li Yong Liu Alfons Weersink Claudia Wagner-Riddle |
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| description | Abstract Nitrogen fertilizer application causes emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a gas that contributes to global warming. N2O emission reduction is possible given technological advances. But climate policy for N2O reduction faces challenges caused by complex information, entangled risks with invisible gains, and polarized values. Behavioral factors influence farmers’ decision-making, and here we argue context-dependent experimentation is needed to develop N2O reduction policies, proposing crop insurance as an example policy. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-99843bedb0ff4d96bb64e9193ca1ea992025-08-20T03:10:35ZengNature Portfolionpj Sustainable Agriculture2731-92022025-06-01311410.1038/s44264-025-00078-wGuiding policies for agricultural nitrous oxide emission reduction with behavioral insights and experimentationTongzhe Li0Yong Liu1Alfons Weersink2Claudia Wagner-Riddle3Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of GuelphDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M UniversityDepartment of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of GuelphSchool of Environmental Sciences, University of GuelphAbstract Nitrogen fertilizer application causes emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), a gas that contributes to global warming. N2O emission reduction is possible given technological advances. But climate policy for N2O reduction faces challenges caused by complex information, entangled risks with invisible gains, and polarized values. Behavioral factors influence farmers’ decision-making, and here we argue context-dependent experimentation is needed to develop N2O reduction policies, proposing crop insurance as an example policy.https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-025-00078-w |
| spellingShingle | Tongzhe Li Yong Liu Alfons Weersink Claudia Wagner-Riddle Guiding policies for agricultural nitrous oxide emission reduction with behavioral insights and experimentation npj Sustainable Agriculture |
| title | Guiding policies for agricultural nitrous oxide emission reduction with behavioral insights and experimentation |
| title_full | Guiding policies for agricultural nitrous oxide emission reduction with behavioral insights and experimentation |
| title_fullStr | Guiding policies for agricultural nitrous oxide emission reduction with behavioral insights and experimentation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Guiding policies for agricultural nitrous oxide emission reduction with behavioral insights and experimentation |
| title_short | Guiding policies for agricultural nitrous oxide emission reduction with behavioral insights and experimentation |
| title_sort | guiding policies for agricultural nitrous oxide emission reduction with behavioral insights and experimentation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s44264-025-00078-w |
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