Utility maximising supply response: the case of perennial biomass plantations in Poland

P. Mathiou (), Stelios Rozakis, Rafal Pudelko (), Antoni Faber () and Athanasios Petsakos ()
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P. Mathiou: Department of Agricultural Economics and Development Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Rafal Pudelko: "Department of Agrometeorology and Applied Informatics, Institute of Soil Sciences and Plant Cultivation (IUNG), State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Pulawy, Poland"
Antoni Faber: "Department of Agrometeorology and Applied Informatics, Institute of Soil Sciences and Plant Cultivation (IUNG), State Research Institute, Czartoryskich 8, 24-100 Pulawy, Poland"

No 2014-3, Working Papers from Agricultural University of Athens, Department Of Agricultural Economics

Abstract: Governments extensively use price support instruments to the energy industry combined with direct support for cultivating perennial crops to promote conversion of solid biomass to energy, in order to meet the goals of energy independence and mitigation of the greenhouse effect. In this paper, focusing on less fertile land classes in Poland, biomass supply is determined for a range of hypothetical prices and policy scenarios using bottom-up sector modelling. Risk-neutral and risk-averse farm-based models are run for examining willow and miscanthus adoption by Polish farmers at the municipal level.

Keywords: Willow; Miscanthus; Mathematical Programming; Utility Function; Biomass Supply; Spatial allocation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C6 Q16 Q41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2014
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