Landowner willingness to supply marginal land for bioenergy production |
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| Institution: | 1. Farm Business Management, Lake Region State College, 1801 College Drive N., Devils Lake, ND 58301, USA;2. Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, 342 Waters Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA;1. Department of Energy Economics, School of Applied Economics, 939 Mingde Main Building, Renmin University of China, 59 Zhongguancun Ave., Haidian District, Beijing 100872, China;2. Envision Geo LLC, P.O. Box 91, Oakville, CA 94562, United States of America;3. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy, 241 University Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States of America;4. Institute of Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1206 West Gregory Drive, Urbana, IL 61801, United States of America;5. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, United States of America |
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| Abstract: | This study elicits willingness to supply marginal land for biomass cultivation in Southern Lower Michigan. Most of the surveyed landowners are not interested in renting land for bioenergy crop production. Those who are interested offer relatively little land for bioenergy crops, even at rental rates three times current levels. Willing landowners would prefer to grow a significant portion of these crops on cropland rather than non-crop, marginal land. Hence, the area of marginal land that owners are willing to supply for bioenergy crop production falls far short of area estimates based on remote sensing that ignore landowner preferences. |
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| Keywords: | Bioenergy Land use Marginal land Michigan Survey |
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