Because of the increasing challenges the global food system is facing on a social, economic
and environmental level, and the need to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development …

Since economic profitability is the most important factor for the adoption of short rotation
coppice (SRC) for energy from biomass, our objective was to analyze and summarize …

In the absence of the widespread distribution of modern cooking fuels in develo**
countries, efforts are being made to utilise biomass residues which abound in most of these …

Biomass for bioenergy is an important option within global change mitigation policies. The
present research focused on energy net production, net reduction of greenhouse gases …

The aim of this review is to summarize current knowledge on suitability and sustainability of
grassland biomass for combustion. In the first section grassland management for solid …

Buffer strips on agricultural land have been shown to protect surface water quality by
reducing erosion and diffuse pollution. They can also play a key role in nature conservation …

Growing bioenergy crops such as Miscanthus has the potential to mitigate atmospheric
carbon dioxide emissions by the replacement of fossil fuels and by storing carbon (C) in the …

A widespread criticism of growing energy crops is that they displace much needed food
crops and cause upward pressure on food prices. One solution is the use of marginal land …

Energy crops grown on agricultural land compete with conventional crops in terms of access
to soil. Failure to respect the price of biomass from energy crops and its competitiveness can …

Lignocellulosic biomass is expected to become a key feedstock for renewable energy
production. However, the potential supply strongly depends on farmers' willingness to grow …