Author/Authors
A Skevas، نويسنده , , T. and Swinton، نويسنده , , S.M. and Meehan، نويسنده , , T.D. and Kim، نويسنده , , T.N. and Gratton، نويسنده , , C. and Egbendewe-Mondzozo، نويسنده , , A.، نويسنده ,
DocumentNumber
3543341
Title Of Article
Integrating agricultural pest biocontrol into forecasts of energy biomass production
شماره ركورد
2521
Latin Abstract
Biological control of pests is an important ecosystem service in agricultural landscapes as it protects crops and reduces the need for insecticide use. Establishing a sustainable bioenergy industry requires considering the role of biological control in farm decision making. An important question is how biomass supply changes when farmers take into account agricultural pest biocontrol services. A spatially-explicit bioeconomic model of potential biomass supply that incorporates the effect of biological control on crop choice is employed using data from four Wisconsin counties. The results of the study show that integrating agricultural biocontrol into farmersʹ production technology generally results in biomass from crop residues being supplied more readily (at a lower relative price).
From Page
195
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Biological control , Bioenergy , Bioeconomic model , Wisconsin
JournalTitle
Studia Iranica
To Page
203
To Page
203
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