Factors affecting farmers' willingness to grow alternative biofuel feedstocks across Kansas

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 66, Issue , 2014, Pages 223-231

  Caldas, Marcellus M ^a   Bergtold, Jason S ^a   Peterson, Jeffrey M ^a   Graves, Russell W ^a   Earnhart, Dietrich ^b   Gong, Sheng ^a   Lauer, Brian ^a   Brown, J Christopher ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Crop choice; Farmer's willingness; Feedstocks; Kansas; Scenarios

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY POLICY; FEEDSTOCKS; FORECASTING; SURVEYS;

BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; CELLULOSIC FEEDSTOCKS; FARMER'S WILLINGNESS; KANSAS; LAND-USE DECISIONS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; PRODUCTION PREDICTION; SCENARIOS;

BIOFUELS;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FARMERS ATTITUDE; LAND USE PLANNING; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

PANICUM VIRGATUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84901591842     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.04.009     Document Type: Article

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