Costs of Producing Biogas at Dairy Farms in The Netherlands

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-35

  Gebrezgabher, Solomie A ^a   Meuwissen, Miranda P M ^a   Lansink, Alfons G J M Oude ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

empirical data; financial performance; green electricity; green gas; technical performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84355167477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v1i1.114     Document Type: Article

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