Macroeconomic impacts of bioenergy production on surplus agricultural land-A case study of Argentina

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2463-2473

  Wicke, Birka ^a   Smeets, Edward ^a   Tabeau, Andrzej ^b   Hilbert, Jorge ^c   Faaij, André ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Instituto Ingeniería Rural Instituto Nacional de la Tecnología Agropecuario   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Bioenergy; Input output analysis; Macroeconomic impacts

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARGENTINA; BIOENERGY; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; MACROECONOMIC IMPACT; MACROECONOMIC IMPACTS; PELLET PRODUCTION; REFERENCE SITUATION; SCENARIO APPROACH; TRADE BALANCE;

EMPLOYMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PELLETIZING; RESEARCH; STATISTICS;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 68749114965     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2009.05.010     Document Type: Review

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