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Calculate changes in land use due to changes in ag production #252

Open jrissman opened 1 year ago

jrissman commented 1 year ago

Reduction of animals and feed crops reduce agricultural land requirements. Calculate and output changes in land use (in hectares/acres) due to the policy package.

This incorporates food choices (issue #251), biomass/biofuel use (#14), and also consider whether there is a reverse feedback where land use changes affect agriculture (#90).

Consider which land use categories to establish. Refer to land use models for their categorizations. One possibility:

jrissman commented 1 year ago

One study to look at regarding land use requirements and carbon storage:

Hayek et al. The carbon opportunity cost of animal-sourced food production on land Nature Sustainability https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_CBsVf1TCVxLNJ6aHIuz9Z8mbkxSmDa8/view

mkmahajan commented 1 year ago

Robbie and I discussed that we should likely save this feature for 3.6. I am retagging this issue for now.