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This paper describes research to create a national database of switchgrass supply as part of the biomass program … launched by the Department of Energy. The paper provides an estimate of county level switchgrass yield data for the state of … approach of ratio calculation and estimation is used to predict the switchgrass yield of one soil type by comparing it with the …
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studies done on factors that determine farmers’ willingness to produce switchgrass, these have been very regional in nature …. This study will provide information regarding potential switchgrass adoption by agricultural producers in twelve … southeastern states. The objectives of this research are 1) to determine the likelihood of farmers growing switchgrass as a biomass …
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Despite growing interest in biomass over the last number of years, bio-energy derived from biomass currently contributes to a very small share of the total Spanish energy market. How individual farmers choose to respond to the opportunities presented by these relatively novel crops has still...
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This article analyses the impact of national, European and global biofuel targets on German food production and land allocation until 2020. The LEITAP General Equilibrium Model simulates the interaction of agricultural and energy markets in response to the envisaged expansion of the biofuel...
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Producing biomass energy requires extensive land resources. In western Massachusetts, where almost 90 percent of former farmland is no longer in commercial use, we study factors that motivate landowners to grow biomass energy crops. A geographic information system model identifies a landowner...
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This paper investigates the effects of network based individual social capital on the access of rural households to services. In the context of development economics, an innovative data collection approach is used to determine network based social capital. The approach originates from the field...
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