While understanding individual stakeholders' perspectives on the adoption and conversion
to a biofuel-based landscape has been a subject of many previous studies on biofuels, there …

We elicit the risk preferences of a sample of French farmers in a field-experiment setting,
considering both expected utility and cumulative prospect theory. Under the EU framework …

Individual biomass producers will play a strong role in the emergence of robust and
sustainable bioenergy markets. Research on what drives their participation, however, is …

One of the policies taken by host countries to provide huge funds, and modern technical and
managerial knowledge, and convey high risks of the exploitation and development of oil and …

This article discusses the current state of contract theory and its usefulness for
conceptualizing issues related to agricultural contracting. The paper will explore the …

Perennial energy crops are a promising source of bioenergy whose production involves
production risks, long‐term commitment of land and need for crop‐specific investments …

Energy represents an important share of production costs for many agricultural commodities.
Previous studies have found mixed evidence of a pass‐through relationship between oil …

The EU renewable energy directive stipulates a requirement for 10% of transport fuels to be
derived from renewable sources by 2020. Second generation biofuels offer potential to …

Dedicated annual sorghum crops, such as sweet sorghum or energy sorghum, may provide
an option for farmers to supply cellulosic feedstocks for biofuel production and help the …

The US Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 mandates the use, if produced, of
6.06× 1010 L of advanced biofuels by 2022. The objective of this study is to determine the …