Leverage points for governing agricultural soils: A review of empirical studies of European farmers' decision-making

B Bartkowski, S Bartke - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
What drives farmers' decision-making? To inform effective, efficient, and legitimate
governance of agricultural soils, it is important to understand the behaviour of those who …

Promoting agricultural biogas and biomethane production: Lessons from cross-country studies

T Zhu, J Curtis, M Clancy - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
While a rich body of literature has looked at greenhouse gas emissions in biogas production
systems and the potential impacts of biogas production on food supply, broader issues …

[HTML][HTML] Estimation of crop and forest biomass resources in a semi-arid region using satellite data and GIS

CB Pande, KN Moharir, SK Singh, AM Varade… - Journal of the Saudi …, 2021 - Elsevier
In India the demand of sustainable energy is growing at a fragmented level. The demand of
rural electrification and economic growth requires high production of energy. Hence, the use …

[HTML][HTML] Ongoing and emerging issues for sustainable bioenergy production on marginal lands in the Mediterranean regions

G Pulighe, G Bonati, M Colangeli, MM Morese… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The cultivation of marginal lands for bioenergy production has recently become a topic of
research interest for the agronomic and agricultural economy scientific communities. The …

Limited adoption of short rotation coppice: The role of farmers' socio-cultural identity in influencing practice

CR Warren, R Burton, O Buchanan, RV Birnie - Journal of Rural Studies, 2016 - Elsevier
UK energy policy promotes biomass energy crops as potentially significant contributors to
renewable energy targets, but few farmers have planted these crops. Amongst the many …

Farmers' willingness to participate in collective biogas investment: A discrete choice experiment study

KH Zemo, M Termansen - Resource and Energy Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
Biogas production may make an important contribution to multiple policy objectives, ie the
transition to renewable energy, increased recycling of agricultural waste and reduction in …

[HTML][HTML] Farmers' motivations to cultivate biomass for energy and implications

HT Ek, J Singh, J Winberg, MV Brady, Y Clough - Energy Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
Bioenergy derived from agricultural biomass can contribute to meeting the rising demand for
renewable energy. To estimate the agricultural sector's potential to contribute to bioenergy, it …

[HTML][HTML] The factors determining uptake of energy crop cultivation and woodland creation in England: Insights from farmers and landowners

JS Ford, CSE Bale, PG Taylor - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2024 - Elsevier
Perennial energy crops (PECs) and trees have key roles to play in delivering the negative
emissions needed for the UK to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050 …

Socio-economic opportunities from Miscanthus cultivation in marginal land for bioenergy

C Panoutsou, D Chiaramonti - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
Substantial areas of agricultural land in south European countries are becoming
increasingly marginal and being abandoned due to arid climate with prolonged summers …

Where did the marginal land go? Farmers perspectives on marginal land and its implications for adoption of dedicated energy crops

R Helliwell - Energy Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Dedicated energy crops such as miscanthus and short rotation coppice willow were
expected by UK policy and academic modelling to be deployed across large swaths of UK …