Assessing Jatropha Crop Production Alternatives in Abandoned Agricultural Arid Soils Using MCA and GIS

Serafin Corral (), David Romero Manrique de Lara, Marisa Tejedor Salguero, Carmen Concepción Jimenez Mendoza, David Legna- de la Nuez, María Dorta Santos and Francisco Díaz Peña
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David Romero Manrique de Lara: Departmento of Economía Aplicada y Métodos Cuantitativos, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands 38071, Spain
Marisa Tejedor Salguero: Departmento de Biología Animal y Edafología y Geología, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands 38200, Spain
Carmen Concepción Jimenez Mendoza: Departmento de Biología Animal y Edafología y Geología, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands 38200, Spain
David Legna- de la Nuez: Departmento of Economía Aplicada y Métodos Cuantitativos, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands 38071, Spain
María Dorta Santos: Departmento de Biología Animal y Edafología y Geología, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands 38200, Spain
Francisco Díaz Peña: Departmento de Biología Animal y Edafología y Geología, Universidad de La Laguna, Canary Islands 38200, Spain

Sustainability, 2016, vol. 8, issue 6, 1-16

Abstract: This paper discusses the assessment of various biofuel crop production alternatives on the island of Fuerteventura using Jatropha crops. It adopts an integrated approach by carrying out a multi-criteria assessment with the support of participatory techniques and geographical information systems. Sixteen production alternatives were analyzed for growing Jatropha , and the results suggest that the best alternative involves using typical torrifluvent soils irrigated with recycled urban wastewater using surface drip irrigation covering 100% evapotranspiration. It was also determined that a potential area of 2546 ha could be used for cultivation within a radius of 10 km from a wastewater treatment plant. This level of production would supply 27.56% of the biofuel needs of Fuerteventura, thereby contributing to the 2020 target of the European Commission regarding biofuels for land transport.

Keywords: Jatropha crops; arid soils; water and energy consumption; multi-criteria assessment; GIS; island-scale production feasibility (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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