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标题：An Idea for Compensating Local Farmers for a Sustainable Method of Pineapple Farming
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作者：Adrian Daud ; Shairil Izwan Taasim ; Anita Rosli 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2021
卷号：11
期号：17
页码：237-245
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i17/11405
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：Agricultural activities have the share in contributing to greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The method of residue burning (RB), which has been practiced in Samarahan, Sarawak in Malaysia contributed to the emission of carbon into the atmosphere. Steps should be taken to address this issue by promoting sustainable method of farming. Pineapple farmers can be given incentives to change to a more sustainable method such as zero burning (ZB) whereby a mechanism like the clean development mechanism (CDM) can be adopted at the local level to encourage farmers adopting this sustainable farming technique. This incentive is primarily derived from the value of carbon sequestered in the soil through the practice of ZB. Although farmer will suffer financial loss due to additional cost, they can be compensated for this loss under ZB. Thus, farmers still can receive better income with the compensation and at the same continuing to practice ZB.