Agricultural biomass resources in Canada

ASAE Annual International Meeting 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 8233-8244

  Stumborg, Mark ^a   Townley Smithj, Lawrence ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Corn stover; Crop residues; Economics; Straw

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGY; CORN STOVER; CROP RESIDUES; ENERGY PRICE;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROPS; ECONOMICS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

BIOMASS;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES;

EID: 30044444036     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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