Economic feasibility review for community-scale farmer cooperatives for biodiesel

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 81-87

  Bender, Martin ^a  

^a THE LAND INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Community scale; Economic analysis; Farmer cooperatives; Oilseeds

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL FUELS; FARMER COOPERATIVES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIESEL FUELS; ESTERIFICATION; VEGETABLE OILS;

BIOMASS;

FAT; FUEL; VEGETABLE OIL;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CROP; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESTERIFICATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PLANT SEED; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; BRASSICA NAPUS VAR. NAPUS;

EID: 0032960142     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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