Assessing the efficiency of switchgrass different cultural practices for pellet production

Land Use Policy

Volumn 41, Issue , 2014, Pages 506-513

  Giannoulis, Kyriakos D ^a   Vlontzos, George ^a   Karyotis, Theodore ^b   Bartzialis, Dimitris ^a   Danalatos, Nicholaos G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b Institute for Soil Mapping and Classification   (Greece)

Author keywords

Data Envelopment Analysis; Economic efficiency; Pellet; Switchgrass

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTURAL TRADITION; DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ENERGY CROP; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASS; HARVESTING; INCOME; IRRIGATION; NITROGEN; PERENNIAL PLANT; COMPETITIVENESS;

CENTRAL GREECE; GREECE;

PANICUM VIRGATUM;

EID: 84907595868     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.04.004     Document Type: Article

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