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Although there have been numerous studies on the economics of weed control, relatively few of these studies have focused on natural ecosystems. The aims of this papers are: A) to identify the combination of control options that is optimal for blackberry (Rubus anglocandicans) in Australian...
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control, which removes the infestation from the existing cell. An integer optimisation model is applied to find the optimal …
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The U. S. biodiesel industry is rapidly expanding due to energy production concerns, environmental concerns, and recent … legislation. The most common type of biodiesel in the United States is derived from soybean oil. Soybeans are a major crop in … North Dakota and could easily supply a 5 million gallon per year biodiesel facility. Potential market segments of a …
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Traffic flows in the U.S. have been affected by the substantial increase and, as of January 2009, decrease in biofuel production and use. This paper considers a framework to study the effect on grain transportation flows of the 2005 Energy Act and subsequent legislation, which mandated higher...
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will all benefit with scenarios. Government should instantly encourage the production of bioethanol (and biodiesel) and it …
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With this paper, we provide the first quantitative investigation of vertical price transmission in the biodiesel supply … chain in Germany with the focus on the developments during the food crisis and the impact of subsidized US biodiesel exports …. With the strong promotion of the production and use of biodiesel during the first half of the past decade, the German …
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Replaced with revised version of paper on 10/26/10.
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The double bounded dichotomous choice format has been proven to improve efficiency in contingent valuation models. However, this format has been criticized due to lack of behavioral and statistical consistencies between the first and the second responses. In this study a split sampling...
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. Both the ethanol and biodiesel industries have experienced tremendous growth in the past few years. The production of these …
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