An agro-economic analysis of briquette production from fibre hemp and energy sunflower

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 186-193

  Alaru, Maarika ^a   Kukk, Liia ^a   Astover, Alar ^a   Lauk, Ruth ^a   Shanskiy, Merrit ^a   Loit, Evelin ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRIQUETS; CROPS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FERTILIZERS; FORESTRY; HEMP; NITROGEN; PROFITABILITY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLURRY PIPELINES;

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS YIELD; HIGH POTENTIAL; INITIAL DEVELOPMENT; MUNICIPAL SEWAGE SLUDGE; NITROGEN RECOVERY; NITROGEN-USE EFFICIENCY; SURFACE TEXTURES;

BIOMASS;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS POWER; CULTIVAR; DICOTYLEDON; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY CROP; FERTILIZER; LUVISOL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SLURRY; SOIL FERTILITY;

ESTONIA; TARTU;

BOS; CANNABIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 84897621615     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.08.066     Document Type: Article

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