Biofuels

Paschalidou, Annoula; Tsatiris, Michael; Kitikidou, Kyriaki; Papadopoulou, Christina

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63943-7_3

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“…Countries like Brazil and the USA are leading the biofuel production sector. The development of the biomass energy sector has also contributed to the improvement of the rural economy (Paschalidou et al , 2018). However, induced land use changes because of biofuel production, and policy is an important and debatable issue and literature attempted to estimate the induced land use changes and their corresponding emissions for alternative biofuel path (Taheripour et al , 2018).…”

Section: Examining the Economic Viability Of Jatropha Plantationmentioning

confidence: 99%

An assessment of economic viability of jatropha plantation in North East India

Goswami

Choudhury

Hazarika

et al. 2019

IJESM

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Purpose This paper aims to analyze the economic viability of jatropha plantation in North East India. Design/methodology/approach Economic viability is measured through the net present value and the benefit–cost ratio (BCR) at four different production standards along with four different prices of jatropha seed. Findings At a very low price and small production, jatropha plantation is economically not feasible. However, when the price of seed increases from INR 5 to 8, BCRs become greater than 1, provided that the discount rate is less than equal to 8 per cent. The minimum threshold of BCR indicates that the threshold of 1.5 BCR at a production level of 1.5 tons/ha can be achieved with a combination of seed price of INR 10 per kg and a discount rate of 1 to 3 per cent. Thus, jatropha cultivation is economically viable but not highly profitable. Research limitations/implications Present study analyzes the economic viability of jatropha plantation from purely financial point of view. Social cost and benefit of energy crop plantation is not included in the study. This suggests to adopt social cost–benefit analysis to evaluate the overall feasibility of plantation crops in future studies. Originality/value This paper contributes to the academic literature of economic viability of energy plantation crops. Economic viability of jatropha plantation is shown in different cost and revenue conditions with statistical evidences.

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Section: Examining the Economic Viability Of Jatropha Plantationmentioning

confidence: 99%