Farmers' attitudes about growing energy crops: A choice experiment approach

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1770-1779

  Paulrud, Susanne ^a,b   Laitila, Thomas ^c  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Choice experiment; Energy crops; Farmers; Growing characteristics

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; CHOICE EXPERIMENTS; ENERGY CROPS; FARMERS; GROWING CHARACTERISTICS;

CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTS; LAND USE;

CROPS;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CROP ROTATION; CULTIVATION; ENERGY CROP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 78149283944     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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