Economics of biochar production, utilization and greenhouse gas offsets

Biochar for Environmental Management: Science and Technology

Volumn 9781849770552, Issue , 2012, Pages 341-357

  McCarl, Bruce A ^a   Peacocke, Cordner ^b   Chrisman, Ray ^c   Kung, Chih Chun ^a   Sands, Ronald D ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Conversion and Resource Evaluation Ltd ^*  (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84925732379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849770552     Document Type: Chapter

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