Giant reedasenergycropforSouthernItaly: An economicfeasibilitystudy
- Autori: Testa, R; Foderà , M; Di Trapani, AM; Tudisca, S; Sgroi, F
- Anno di pubblicazione: 2016
- Tipologia: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/193280
Abstract
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.