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Agricultural carbon offsets : opportunities for farmers in Alberta's carbon market

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This brochure explains how farmers can earn extra income and realize long-term benefits to their farm operations by voluntarily adopting an agricultural practice improvement to create carbon... More ≫

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This brochure explains how farmers can earn extra income and realize long-term benefits to their farm operations by voluntarily adopting an agricultural practice improvement to create carbon credits for trade in Alberta's carbon market.

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Offsets update

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Provides updates to Alberta's agricultural carbon offsets. The carbon offset market is part of Alberta's strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Conservation cropping protocol

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Information on carbon payments available for conservation farming. The carbon harvest for direct seeding is explained and the need for correct record keeping is described.

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Micro-generation protocol

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Alberta's micro-generation regulation is meant to encourage small solar or wind power generation that feeds back into the electrical grid. This fact sheet provides information on micro-generation... More ≫

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Alberta's micro-generation regulation is meant to encourage small solar or wind power generation that feeds back into the electrical grid. This fact sheet provides information on micro-generation for agricultural producers.

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Roadmap to Alberta's innovative offset system

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The Alberta offset system presents new ways for producers to consistently improve their operations and earn some extra dollars along the way. This is an overview of the fundamentals.

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Agricultural carbon offsets activity increases from 2007 to 2012

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Looks at how carbon levels were reduced as a result of agricultural offsets between 2007 and 2012, and highlights developments in the Alberta Offset System during this period.

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Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction Protocol (NERP)

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The Alberta Offset System includes a number of protocols agricultural producers can follow in order to earn carbon offsets from documented improvements to practice changes. This information sheet... More ≫

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The Alberta Offset System includes a number of protocols agricultural producers can follow in order to earn carbon offsets from documented improvements to practice changes. This information sheet focuses on the nitrous oxide emission reduction protocol, which is designed for incremental improvements in nitrogen management.

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On-farm studies assess carbon offsets

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The Alberta Offset System includes a number of protocols agricultural producers can follow in order to earn carbon offsets from documented improvements to practice changes. This information sheet... More ≫

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The Alberta Offset System includes a number of protocols agricultural producers can follow in order to earn carbon offsets from documented improvements to practice changes. This information sheet describes three studies which were undertaken to better understand the opportunities for maximizing carbon offsets in on-farm operations. The three protocols studied were the Conservation Cropping Protocol, the Reducing Days on Feed for Beef Cattle Protocol, and the The Nitrous Oxide Emission Reduction Protocol. Study results identified barriers, gaps and options needed to support adoption of these protocols.

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Cutting farm costs through energy efficiency

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The Alberta Offset System gives agricultural producers new ways to benefit from helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development has developed a series of... More ≫

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The Alberta Offset System gives agricultural producers new ways to benefit from helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development has developed a series of Protocol Summary documents to provide producers with a brief introduction to each of the protocols related to agriculture. This fact sheet looks at the protocol related to energy efficiency.

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Biogas : the anaerobic decomposition of agriculture materials - Alberta protocol

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This bulletin provides background and summarizes details of the Quantification Protocol for The Anaerobic Decomposition of Agriculture Materials in Alberta. An overview of Alberta’s Regulatory... More ≫

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This bulletin provides background and summarizes details of the Quantification Protocol for The Anaerobic Decomposition of Agriculture Materials in Alberta. An overview of Alberta’s Regulatory Framework and offset requirements are given in the overview document in this series.

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