Farmer attitudes toward production of perennial energy grasses in east central illinois: Implications for community-based decision making

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 852-862

  Cope, Miriam A ^a   McLafferty, Sara ^a   Rhoads, Bruce L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Farmers' decision making; Gis aided focus group; Marginal land; Midwestern united states

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOENERGY; CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; GIS; GRASS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

ILLINOIS; MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE;

EID: 79958757067     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2011.575320     Document Type: Article

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