Biorefinery feedstock production on conservation reserve program land

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 227-246

  Mapemba, Lawrence D ^a   Epplin, Francis M ^b   Taliaferro, Charles M ^b   Huhnke, Raymond L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34147147656     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2007.00340.x     Document Type: Article

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