Farmers' perspectives for the development of a bioenergy industry in Ireland

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 597-610

  Augustenborg, Cara A ^a   Finnan, John ^b   Mcbennett, Leah ^a   Connolly, Vivienne ^a   Priegnitz, Uta ^a   Müller, Christoph ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioenergy adoption; Energy crops; Farm operators; Ireland; Motivations; Obstacles; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOFUELS; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MOTIVATION; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY INDUSTRY; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ECONOMIC BENEFITS; ENERGY CROPS; IRELAND; LONG-TERM CONTRACTS; OBSTACLES;

CROPS;

MISCANTHUS;

EID: 84866497956     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2011.01151.x     Document Type: Article

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