The production-ecological sustainability of cassava, sugarcane and sweet sorghum cultivation for bioethanol in Mozambique

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-35

  de Vries, Sander C ^a   van de Ven, Gerrie W J ^a   van Ittersum, Martin K ^a   Giller, Ken E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Cassava; Crop model; Crop yield; Greenhouse gas emissions; Mozambique; Soil organic matter; Sugarcane; Sustainability; Sweet sorghum

Indexed keywords

BIOETHANOL; BIOFUELS; CARBON; CROPS; ECOLOGY; ETHANOL; FEEDSTOCKS; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SOILS; SUGAR CANE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CASSAVA; CROP MODEL; CROP YIELD; MOZAMBIQUE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; SWEET SORGHUM;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 84866490621     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01103.x     Document Type: Article

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