Marginal Agricultural Land Low-Input Systems for Biomass Production
This study deals with approaches for a social-ecological friendly European bioeconomy based on biomass from industrial crops cultivated on marginal agricultural land. The selected crops to be investigated are: Biomass sorghum, camelina, cardoon, castor, crambe, Ethiopian mustard, giant reed, hemp, l...
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Moritz Von Cossel Iris Lewandowski Berien Elbersen Igor Staritsky Michiel Van Eupen Yasir Iqbal Stefan Mantel Danilo Scordia Giorgio Testa Salvatore Luciano Cosentino Oksana Maliarenko Ioannis Eleftheriadis Federica Zanetti Andrea Monti Dagnija Lazdina Santa Neimane Isabelle Lamy Lisa Ciadamidaro Marina Sanz Juan Esteban Carrasco Pilar Ciria Ian McCallum Luisa M. Trindade Eibertus N. Van Loo Wolter Elbersen Ana Luisa Fernando Eleni G. Papazoglou Efthymia Alexopoulou |
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Moritz Von Cossel Iris Lewandowski Berien Elbersen Igor Staritsky Michiel Van Eupen Yasir Iqbal Stefan Mantel Danilo Scordia Giorgio Testa Salvatore Luciano Cosentino Oksana Maliarenko Ioannis Eleftheriadis Federica Zanetti Andrea Monti Dagnija Lazdina Santa Neimane Isabelle Lamy Lisa Ciadamidaro Marina Sanz Juan Esteban Carrasco Pilar Ciria Ian McCallum Luisa M. Trindade Eibertus N. Van Loo Wolter Elbersen Ana Luisa Fernando Eleni G. Papazoglou Efthymia Alexopoulou Marginal Agricultural Land Low-Input Systems for Biomass Production Energies bioeconomy bio-based industry biomass bioenergy industrial crop perennial crop low-input agriculture marginal land MALLIS sustainable agriculture |
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Moritz Von Cossel Iris Lewandowski Berien Elbersen Igor Staritsky Michiel Van Eupen Yasir Iqbal Stefan Mantel Danilo Scordia Giorgio Testa Salvatore Luciano Cosentino Oksana Maliarenko Ioannis Eleftheriadis Federica Zanetti Andrea Monti Dagnija Lazdina Santa Neimane Isabelle Lamy Lisa Ciadamidaro Marina Sanz Juan Esteban Carrasco Pilar Ciria Ian McCallum Luisa M. Trindade Eibertus N. Van Loo Wolter Elbersen Ana Luisa Fernando Eleni G. Papazoglou Efthymia Alexopoulou |
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Marginal Agricultural Land Low-Input Systems for Biomass Production |
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Marginal Agricultural Land Low-Input Systems for Biomass Production |
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Marginal Agricultural Land Low-Input Systems for Biomass Production |
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Marginal Agricultural Land Low-Input Systems for Biomass Production |
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Marginal Agricultural Land Low-Input Systems for Biomass Production |
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marginal agricultural land low-input systems for biomass production |
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1996-1073 |
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This study deals with approaches for a social-ecological friendly European bioeconomy based on biomass from industrial crops cultivated on marginal agricultural land. The selected crops to be investigated are: Biomass sorghum, camelina, cardoon, castor, crambe, Ethiopian mustard, giant reed, hemp, lupin, miscanthus, pennycress, poplar, reed canary grass, safflower, Siberian elm, switchgrass, tall wheatgrass, wild sugarcane, and willow. The research question focused on the overall crop growth suitability under low-input management. The study assessed: (i) How the growth suitability of industrial crops can be defined under the given natural constraints of European marginal agricultural lands; and (ii) which agricultural practices are required for marginal agricultural land low-input systems (MALLIS). For the growth-suitability analysis, available thresholds and growth requirements of the selected industrial crops were defined. The marginal agricultural land was categorized according to the agro-ecological zone (AEZ) concept in combination with the marginality constraints, so-called ‘marginal agro-ecological zones’ (M-AEZ). It was found that both large marginal agricultural areas and numerous agricultural practices are available for industrial crop cultivation on European marginal agricultural lands. These results help to further describe the suitability of industrial crops for the development of social-ecologically friendly MALLIS in Europe. |
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bioeconomy bio-based industry biomass bioenergy industrial crop perennial crop low-input agriculture marginal land MALLIS sustainable agriculture |
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doaj-263fe325ea954ad8bdaea53dc3e9752d2020-11-25T01:18:37ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732019-08-011216312310.3390/en12163123en12163123Marginal Agricultural Land Low-Input Systems for Biomass ProductionMoritz Von Cossel0Iris Lewandowski1Berien Elbersen2Igor Staritsky3Michiel Van Eupen4Yasir Iqbal5Stefan Mantel6Danilo Scordia7Giorgio Testa8Salvatore Luciano Cosentino9Oksana Maliarenko10Ioannis Eleftheriadis11Federica Zanetti12Andrea Monti13Dagnija Lazdina14Santa Neimane15Isabelle Lamy16Lisa Ciadamidaro17Marina Sanz18Juan Esteban Carrasco19Pilar Ciria20Ian McCallum21Luisa M. Trindade22Eibertus N. Van Loo23Wolter Elbersen24Ana Luisa Fernando25Eleni G. Papazoglou26Efthymia Alexopoulou27Biobased Products and Energy Crops, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr. 23, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyBiobased Products and Energy Crops, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstr. 23, 70599 Stuttgart, GermanyTeam Earth Informatics, Wageningen Environmental Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The NetherlandsTeam Earth Informatics, Wageningen Environmental Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The NetherlandsTeam Earth Informatics, Wageningen Environmental Research, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA Wageningen, The NetherlandsCollege of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha 410128, Hunan, ChinaInternational Soil Reference and Information Centre, P.O. Box 353, 6700 AJ Wageningen, The NetherlandsAlimentazione e Ambiente, Di3A—Dipartimento di Agricoltura, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, ItalyAlimentazione e Ambiente, Di3A—Dipartimento di Agricoltura, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, ItalyAlimentazione e Ambiente, Di3A—Dipartimento di Agricoltura, University of Catania, 95123 Catania, ItalyInstitute of Bioenergy Crops and Sugar Beet NAAS, 03141 Kyiv, UkraineCenter for Renewable Energy Sources, Biomass Department, 19009 Pikermi Attikis, GreeceDept. of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyDept. of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DISTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum—University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, ItalyLatvian State Forest Research Institute SILAVA, 2169 Salaspils, LatviaLatvian State Forest Research Institute SILAVA, 2169 Salaspils, LatviaEnvironment and Agronomy Division, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, FranceEnvironment and Agronomy Division, French National Institute for Agricultural Research, 78850 Thiverval-Grignon, FranceCentro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas-CIEMAT, 28040 Madrid, SpainCentro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas-CIEMAT, 28040 Madrid, SpainCentro de Investigaciones Energeticas, Medioambientales y Tecnologicas-CIEMAT, 28040 Madrid, SpainInternational Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, A-2361 Laxenburg, AustriaLaboratory of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 9101, 6700 HB Wageningen, The NetherlandsWageningen Plant Research, Plant Breeding, 6708 PB Wageningen, The NetherlandsWageningen Food & Biobased Research, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 17, 6700 AA Wageningen, The NetherlandsFaculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, PortugalDepartment of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 118 55 Athens, GreeceCenter for Renewable Energy Sources, Biomass Department, 19009 Pikermi Attikis, GreeceThis study deals with approaches for a social-ecological friendly European bioeconomy based on biomass from industrial crops cultivated on marginal agricultural land. The selected crops to be investigated are: Biomass sorghum, camelina, cardoon, castor, crambe, Ethiopian mustard, giant reed, hemp, lupin, miscanthus, pennycress, poplar, reed canary grass, safflower, Siberian elm, switchgrass, tall wheatgrass, wild sugarcane, and willow. The research question focused on the overall crop growth suitability under low-input management. The study assessed: (i) How the growth suitability of industrial crops can be defined under the given natural constraints of European marginal agricultural lands; and (ii) which agricultural practices are required for marginal agricultural land low-input systems (MALLIS). For the growth-suitability analysis, available thresholds and growth requirements of the selected industrial crops were defined. The marginal agricultural land was categorized according to the agro-ecological zone (AEZ) concept in combination with the marginality constraints, so-called ‘marginal agro-ecological zones’ (M-AEZ). It was found that both large marginal agricultural areas and numerous agricultural practices are available for industrial crop cultivation on European marginal agricultural lands. These results help to further describe the suitability of industrial crops for the development of social-ecologically friendly MALLIS in Europe.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/12/16/3123bioeconomybio-based industrybiomassbioenergyindustrial cropperennial croplow-input agriculturemarginal landMALLISsustainable agriculture |