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Can Numerical Models Estimate Indirect Land-use Change?
Brunelle, Thierry; Dumas, Patrice - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2012
Motivated by the conclusions from various modelling studies, modifications to the bioenergy sector regulations are … under way in Europe and in the USA to account for emissions from indirect land-use change (ILUC). Despite their influence on … paper reviews recent developments in land-use modelling, with a particular focus on the solutions adopted to estimate ILUC …
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Can numerical models estimate indirect land-use change?
Brunelle, Thierry; Dumas, Patrice - 2012
numerous. -- Indirect ; Land-Use Change ; Modelling ; Biofuel …Motivated by the conclusions from various modelling studies, modifications to the bioenergy sector regulations are … under way in Europe and in the USA to account for emissions from indirect land-use change (ILUC). Despite their influence on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009628101
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The Next Generation Feedstock of Biofuel: <i>Jatropha</i> or <i>Chlorella</i> as Assessed by Their Life-Cycle Inventories
Peng, Pu; Zhou, Wenguang - In: Agriculture 4 (2014) 3, pp. 217-230
Promising energy crops such as <i>Jatropha curcas Linnaeus</i> (<i>JCL</i>), which are planted on marginal lands, or microalgae such as <i>Chlorella</i>, which are cultivated in ponds located on mudflats or deserts, have been regarded with high hopes to solve the shortage of food crops and increase the amount of...
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The Policy Objectives of a Biofuel Industry in Canada: An Assessment
Roy, Danny G. Le; Klein, Kurt K. - In: Agriculture 2 (2012) 4, pp. 436-451
Canada has a huge stock of biomass resources, which provides a basis (and a temptation) for development of a major bio-fuels industry. Both federal and provincial governments have engaged in a wide array of subsidies, mandates, and other measures to stimulate production and consumption of...
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Can Numerical Models Estimate Indirect Land-Use Change?
Brunelle, Thierry; Dumas, Patrice - 2012
Motivated by the conclusions from various modelling studies, modifications to the bioenergy sector regulations are … under way in Europe and in the USA to account for emissions from indirect land-use change (ILUC). Despite their influence on … paper reviews recent developments in land-use modelling, with a particular focus on the solutions adopted to estimate ILUC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014164708
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Modelling Nitrogen Losses from Sheep Grazing Systems with Different Spatial Distributions of Excreta
Bell, Matthew J.; Cullen, Brendan R.; Johnson, Ian R.; … - In: Agriculture 2 (2012) 4, pp. 282-294
) may have on modelling nitrogen (N) losses by leaching, volatilisation and denitrification from a grazing system. A range …
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Who benefits really from phasing out palmoil-based biodiesel in the EU?
Delzeit, Ruth; Heimann, Tobias; Schünemann, Franziska; … - 2021
The latest Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) by the European Union (EU) provides an updated framework for the use of renewable energy in the EU transport sector until 2030. We employ the computable general equilibrium (CGE) model DART-BIO for a scenario-based policy analysis and evaluate...
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GMO Corn, Mexico, and Coloniality
Hernandez Lopez, Ernesto - 2020
Genetically modified (“GMO”) corn germinates legal controversies in México. Since 2013, Mexican courts have temporarily suspended GMO corn because it threatens biodiversity. In the Colectividad del Maíz lawsuit, courts have prohibited México from issuing commercial GMO permits while the...
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Study of Cost Benefit Analysis of Managing Bt. Cotton Farming with Special Reference to Vidarbha
Timane, Rajesh - 2013
About forty lakh hectare of land is under cotton cultivation in Maharashtra. Once known as the prosperous cotton-belt; today the irony is that the state tops the list when it comes to suicides by farmers. Further, almost all of them are cotton farmers mostly from Vidarbha. At present, Vidarbha...
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Agricultural Commercialization and Diversification in Jammu and Kashmir : Causes and Impacts
Shah, Mohd Asif - 2021
The paper has examined trends and patterns in crop diversification in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir for the period 2007-08 to 2013-14 using Simpson Index of Diversification (SID) and estimated the determinants of crop diversification by using multiple regression analysis. The cropping...
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