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Giant reedasenergycropforSouthernItaly: An economicfeasibilitystudy
R TestaM FoderàAnna Maria Di TrapaniSalvatore TudiscaFilippo Sgroisubject
Settore AGR/01 - Economia Ed Estimo RuraleAnnual grossmargin Arundo donax Discounted cash flow Farm Sensitivity analysisdescription
Among renewablesourcesgiantreedhasattractedagrowinginterestasenergycropespeciallyin Southern Europe,thankstoitslowagronomicinputrequirements.Thispaperaimedatevaluatingthe economic feasibilityofintroductionofgiantreedplantationasenergycropintheSouthernItaly.In particular,aneconomicand financial analysiswasperformedbycomparinggiantreed(bothfor woodchip andchoppedforageproduction)withtraditionalcrops(pluriannualandannual)thatare currentlycultivatedinthesamearea,suchaswinegrape,melonandtomato.Resultsshowedthehighest profitability ofgiantreedrespecttoothercropswithcurrentmarketprices.Inparticular,giantreed destined towoodchipproductiondenotedthehighestannualgrossmarginwithavalueof647.10 € ha1, followedbygiantreedforsilageproduction(617.04 € ha1), winegrape(477.52 € ha1), melon(310.00 € ha1) andtomato(280.00 € ha1). However,itshouldbeconsideredthat,asthecultivationofenergycropssubtractsinevitablysurface to theagriculturalland,itwouldbedesirablethatthegiantreeddoesnotconflict withagri-foodpro- duction, butvalorizesmarginaland/orunproductiveareas.
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2016-01-01 |