Implementing miscanthus into farming systems: A review of agronomic practices, capital and labour demand
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Miscanthus is a promising bioeconomy crop with several biomass utilisation pathways. However, its current cultivation area in Europe is relatively low. This is most likely due to a lack of knowledge about the implementation of miscanthus into farming systems. This study reviews current best practices and suitable land areas for miscanthus cultivation. Biomass production costs and labour requirements were evaluated over the whole 20-year cultivation cycle of four utilisation pathways: combustion, animal bedding, and both conventional and organic biogas production. The assessment was performed for two field sizes (1 and 10 ha), two average annual yield levels (15 and 25 t dry matter ha−1), and both green and brown harvest regimes.
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- Authors
- Winkler, B., Mangold, A., von Cossel, M., Clifton-Brown, J., Pogrzeba, M., Lewandowski, I., Iqbal, Y., & Kiesel, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Hohenheim (DE)
- Institute For Ecology of Industrial Areas (PL)
- Hunan Agricultural University (CN)
- Venue
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-10
- Volume
- 132
- Pages
- 110053
- ISSN
- 1364-0321 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3044096504
- Cited by
- 94
- References
- 81
- Citations by year
- 2026: 10 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 25 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 3
- FWCI
- 13.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Horizon 2020 (727698)
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (031B0163, 652615)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanics of Materials › Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Keywords
- Miscanthus, energy crops, biomass production costs, labour requirements, capital requirements, agronomic practices, biogas production, animal bedding, combustion, organic farming, harvest regimes, crop acreage, bioeconomy
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