The effect of biogas production on farmland rental prices: Empirical evidences from Northern Italy

Energies

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Demartini, Eugenio ^a   Gaviglio, Anna ^a   Gelati, Marco ^a   Cavicchioli, Daniele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural fixed resource; Agricultural land price; Bioenergy; Biogas; Environmental trilemma; Farmland rental price; Farmland value; Land use; Rent; Social sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; COSTS; CROPS; LAND USE; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURAL FIXED RESOURCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIO-ENERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL TRILEMMA; FARMLAND RENTAL PRICE; FARMLAND VALUE; RENT; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY;

FARMS;

EID: 84997336148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en9110965     Document Type: Article

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