The economics and greenhouse gas balance of land conversion to Jatropha: The case of Tanzania

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 302-315

  Achten, Wouter M J ^a,b   Dillen, Koen ^a   Trabucco, Antonio ^a,c   Verbist, Bruno ^a   Messemaker, Lode ^d   Muys, Bart ^a,e   Mathijs, Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change   (Italy)

^d Urban Development City of Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^e Sant Pau World Heritage Site European Forest Institute   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biodiesel; Carbon debt; Cost benefit; Environmental impact; GHG balance; Net present value

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CARBON; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEED; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFITS; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE; INTERDISCIPLINARY MODELING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NET PRESENT VALUE; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; SUSTAINABILITY-POTENTIAL;

ECONOMICS;

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; ANGIOSPERM; CARBON; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; CULTIVATION; DIESEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

TANZANIA;

JATROPHA; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 84923109023     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12160     Document Type: Article

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