Where did the marginal land go? Farmers perspectives on marginal land and its implications for adoption of dedicated energy crops

Richard Helliwell

Energy Policy, 2018, vol. 117, issue C, 166-172

Abstract: Dedicated energy crops such as miscanthus and short rotation coppice willow were expected by UK policy and academic modelling to be deployed across large swaths of UK marginal lands in response to farm and market level incentives, delivering on bioenergy policy objectives. Yet, this never materialised. This article examines a previously unanalysed component of this policy failure by comparing and contrasting policy and farmer perspectives on marginal land as a suitable site for energy crops.

Keywords: Farming; Attitudes; Marginal land; Energy crops; Bioenergy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.03.011

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