Switchgrass in California: Where, and at what price?

Yi, F.; Mérel, P.; Lee, Juhwan; Farzin, Y.; Six, J.

doi:10.1111/gcbb.12075

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Yi, F.

Mérel, P.

Lee, Juhwan

Farzin, Y.

Six, J.

Date

2014

Type

Journal Article

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Yi, F. and Mérel, P. and Lee, J. and Farzin, Y.H. and Six, J. 2014. Switchgrass in California: Where, and at what price? GCB Bioenergy. 6 (6): pp. 672-686.

Source Title

GCB Bioenergy

DOI

10.1111/gcbb.12075

ISSN

1757-1693

Faculty

Faculty of Science and Engineering

School

School of Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS)

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75597

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

© 2013 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This article assesses the potential of California agriculture to supply biofuel feedstock in the form of switchgrass. We construct a fully calibrated, multiregion, multi-input and multioutput model of agricultural supply for California's Central Valley based on the principles of positive mathematical programming. We exploit agronomic information obtained from a biophysical model to estimate regional production functions for switchgrass. The model predicts the extent and location of potential feedstock production in the Central Valley. Our results suggest that switchgrass adoption rates differ widely among agricultural regions, and that switchgrass is not likely to displace specialty crops by much statewide.