Evaluating the incentive for soil organic carbon sequestration from carinata production in the Southeast United States.

Soil organic carbon (SOC) can be increased by cultivating bioenergy crops to produce low-carbon fuels, improving soil quality and agricultural productivity. This study evaluates the incentives for farmers to sequester SOC by adopting a bioenergy crop, carinata. Two agricultural management scenarios - business as usual (BaU) and a climate-smart (no-till) practice - were simulated using an agent-based modeling approach to account for farmers' carinata adoption rates within their context of traditional crop rotations, the associated profitability, influences of neighboring farmers, as well as their individual attitudes.