Land Allocation for Biomass Crops

223 Pages·2018·6.87 MB·English

by  Ruopu Li

Ruopu Li · Andrea Monti Editors
Land
Allocation for
Biomass Crops
Challenges and Opportunities with
Changing Land Use
Land Allocation for Biomass Crops
Ruopu Li • Andrea Monti
Editors
Land Allocation for Biomass
Crops
Challenges and Opportunities with Changing
Land Use
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Editors
RuopuLi AndreaMonti
DepartmentofGeographyand AlmaMaterStudiorum–University
EnvironmentalResources ofBologna
SouthernIllinoisUniversity-Carbondale Bologna,Italy
Carbondale,IL,USA
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Foreword
During the last 20 years, my research has evolved from field work with energy
and industrial crops to modelling and assessment of the economic, environmental
and social sustainability of biomass value chains. Resource efficiency and use
of marginal lands for such crops form part of both my recent research area in
respective collaborative projects and my teaching topics for graduate students of
various disciplines. This book brings together knowledge from recent work with
variouslignocellulosicandherbaceousnon-foodcrops,andaddressesthechallenges
and opportunities of their cultivation in low quality and marginal lands. I strongly
believeitbringshigh-addedvaluestoeveryoneinterestedinthisfield.
The editors, Ruopu Li and Andrea Monti, brought together a group of dis-
tinguished authors who have not only provided comprehensive documentation of
research conducted for land use and biomass production, but also unique and
valuableanalysesofinformationthathavenotbeenpublishedelsewhere.
Thebook content reflects recentdevelopments, trends and advances inthearea
and includes a set of well-integrated, original research contributions that focus on
state-of-the-art research. It addresses opportunities and challenges associated with
the allocation of land resources to biomass cropping and offers valuable contribu-
tions to informed land management decision-making. The individual chapters are
organized in response to cutting-edge questions associated with biofuels-related
land-useissuesinmanycountriessuchasSpain,Brazil,USAandChina,andfurther
provideinformedandtailoredinsights.
Chapters 2, 3 and 4 address the availability of land, especially marginal cate-
gories, to accommodate future cultivation of lignocellulosic and other specialized
herbaceous biofuel crops. More specifically, in Chap. 2, Sánchez et al. address
two key challenges for bioenergy implementation: (i) ‘Do we have land available
to accommodate future biomass production?’ (ii) ‘What would be the choice of
energy crops from the knowledge gained in field experiments?’, with a specific
focusinSpain.InChap.3,Parentietal.evaluatepossibilitiesandlimitationsforthe
cultivation of two promising perennial biofuel crops (giant reed and switchgrass)
in Europe, in areas with natural constraints (ANC land). In Chap. 4, Chen et al.
analysetheavailabilityandeconomicfeasibilityofusingmarginallandstocultivate
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five energy plant species, namely Manihot esculenta, Jatropha curcas, Helianthus
tuberous L, Pistacia chinensis and Xanthoceras sorbifolia Bunge. Barbosa et al.
analyse the opportunities of using contaminated land, for biomass production, in
Chap.5.
Chapters 6, 7 and 8 analyse the combination of employing diverse approaches
(e.g. economic models and surveying) in three case studies with a focus on
dynamicsonfarmers’plantingdecisions.Morespecifically,inChap.6,Grancoetal.
presentthefindingsofastudyonhowBrazilianfarmersdecidewhichagricultural
productiontopursueandwhichlandusetoreplaceinthenewfrontierofsugarcane
production. Varble and Secchi, in Chap. 7, examine the factors that are significant
indicatorsintheinterestoffarmerstoproduceswitchgrassthroughtheanalysisof
theresultsofasurveycompletedbyfarmersintheClearCreekwatershedinrural
Iowa.InChap.8,Kurkalovaetal.evaluateland-useimpactsofcornstovermarkets
forthestateofIowa,aswell.
Zhang et al., in Chap. 9, tackle the carbon sequestration capacity of farmland
stoverusingacarboncapturemodelandlanduseandcropyielddatasetsinaregion
ofNorthChina.Finally,Dumortier,inChap.10,usesaneconomicmodeltoidentify
the effects of plausible scenarios of cellulosic biofuel mandate on land allocation,
nitrogenuseandfarmers’participationinUSConservationReserveProgram(CRP).
Thebookaddressesawideaudience:
(cid:129) Professors,graduatestudentsandresearchersthatworkwithland-usemodelling
andfieldcropresearch:therelevantchaptersoffercomprehensiveandtransparent
informationonmethodologicalapproaches,fieldworkandmodelling,aswellas
a scientific sound discussion on the research results (robustness of the results,
strengthsandweaknessesoftheapproach,futureresearch,etc.);and
(cid:129) Policyanddecisionmakers:thebookincludesthoroughlyanalysedevidencefor
the environmental, economic and social implications from using marginal land
forbiofuelcropsaswellasthedynamicsoffarmers’plantingdecisions.
In summary, this book is a milestone on the path to understand land use for
biomass and biofuels production. It is a recommended reference for anyone who
hasaninterestinsuchissues,regardlessofwhether,ornottheyhaveanyexperience
or knowledge of land use modelling or field crop research for biofuels. Without
question,Iwilluseitinmyresearchandhighlyrecommendittomystudents.
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Contents
Introduction ...................................................................... 1
RuopuLiandAndreaMonti
TrendsinLandUseinSpainandtheirMeaningtoBioenergy
Production ........................................................................ 7
Javier Sánchez, Pedro Luis Aguado, María Dolores Curt,
andJesúsFernández
Areas with Natural Constraints to Agriculture: Possibilities
and Limitations for The Cultivation of Switchgrass (Panicum
VirgatumL.)andGiantReed(ArundoDonaxL.)inEurope................ 39
ParentiAndrea,LambertiniCarla,andAndreaMonti
TheAvailabilityandEconomicAnalysesofUsingMarginalLand
forBioenergyProductioninChina............................................. 65
YuqiChen,XiubinLi,XudongGuo,andChunyanLv
ProductionofEnergyCropsinHeavyMetalsContaminatedLand:
OpportunitiesandRisks......................................................... 83
BrunoBarbosa,JorgeCosta,andAnaLuisaFernando
Farmers’AcreageResponsestotheExpansionoftheSugarcane
EthanolIndustry:TheCaseofGoiásandMatoGrossoDoSul,Brazil.... 103
Gabriel Granco, Marcellus Caldas, Allen Featherstone,
AnaCláudiaSant’Anna,andJasonBergtold
Growing Switchgrass in the Corn Belt: Barriers and Drivers
fromanIowaSurvey............................................................. 125
SarahVarbleandSilviaSecchi
ImpactofStoverCollectiononIowaLandUse............................... 145
LyubovA.KurkalovaandDatQ.Tran
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Spatial-TemporalChangeofAgriculturalBiomassandCarbon
CaptureCapabilityintheMid-SouthofHebeiProvince.................... 159
YucuiZhang,QiaoliHu,DengpanXiao,XingranLiu,andYanjunShen
Changes in Nitrogen Application and Conservation Reserve
ProgramAreafromCellulosicBiofuelProductionintheUnitedStates... 189
JeromeDumortier
Index............................................................................... 211
Contributors
Pedro LuisAguado Agro-Energy Group, College of Agricultural Engineering,
TechnicalUniversityofMadrid,Madrid,Spain
ParentiAndrea Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of
Bologna,Bologna,Italy
BrunoBarbosa UniversidadeNovadeLisboa,FaculdadedeCiênciaseTecnolo-
gia, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia da Biomassa, MEtRiCS, Caparica,
Portugal
UniversidadedeSãoPaulo,SãoPaulo,Brazil
JasonBergtold Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Economics,
Manhattan,KS,USA
MarcellusCaldas KansasStateUniversity,DepartmentofGeography,Manhattan,
KS,USA
LambertiniCarla Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, University of
Bologna,Bologna,Italy
YuqiChen ChinaLandSurveyingandPlanningInstitute,KeyLaboratoryofLand
Use,MinistryofLandandResource,Beijing,China
JorgeCosta Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia,
DepartamentodeCiênciaseTecnologiadaBiomassa,MEtRiCS,Caparica,Portugal
María DoloresCurt Agro-Energy Group, College of Agricultural Engineering,
TechnicalUniversityofMadrid,Madrid,Spain
JeromeDumortier School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana Univer-
sity–PurdueUniversityIndianapolis,Indianapolis,IN,USA
AllenFeatherstone Kansas State University, Department of Agricultural Eco-
nomics,Manhattan,KS,USA
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x Contributors
JesúsFernández Agro-EnergyGroup,CollegeofAgriculturalEngineering,Tech-
nicalUniversityofMadrid,Madrid,Spain
Ana LuisaFernando Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências e
Tecnologia, Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia da Biomassa, MEtRiCS,
Caparica,Portugal
GabrielGranco StroudWaterResearchCenter,Avondale,PA,USA
XudongGuo China Land Surveying and Planning Institute, Key Laboratory of
LandUse,MinistryofLandandResource,Beijing,China
QiaoliHu ZhongkeHaihuiTechnologyCo.,Ltd,Beijing,China
Lyubov A.Kurkalova Departments ofEconomics andEnergyandEnvironmen-
talSystems,NorthCarolinaA&TStateUniversity,Greensboro,NC,USA
RuopuLi Department of Geography and Environmental Resources, Southern
IllinoisUniversity-Carbondale,Carbondale,IL,USA
XiubinLi ChinaLandSurveyingandPlanningInstitute,KeyLaboratoryofLand
Use,MinistryofLandandResource,Beijing,China
XingranLiu KeyLaboratoryofAgriculturalWaterResources&HebeiKeyLab-
oratoryofAgriculturalWater-Saving,CenterforAgriculturalResourcesResearch,
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Shijiazhuang,China
ChunyanLv China Land Surveying and Planning Institute, Key Laboratory of
LandUse,MinistryofLandandResource,Beijing,China
AndreaMonti AlmaMaterStudiorum–UniversityofBologna,Bologna,Italy
JavierSánchez Agro-Energy Group, College of Agricultural Engineering, Tech-
nicalUniversityofMadrid,Madrid,Spain
Ana CláudiaSant’Anna TheOhioStateUniversity,DepartmentofAgricultural,
Environmental,andDevelopmentEconomics,Columbus,OH,USA
SilviaSecchi UniversityofIowa,Iowa,IA,USA
YanjunShen KeyLaboratoryofAgriculturalWaterResources&HebeiKeyLab-
oratoryofAgriculturalWater-Saving,CenterforAgriculturalResourcesResearch,
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Shijiazhuang,China
Dat Q.Tran DepartmentofAgriculturalEconomicsandAgribusiness,University
ofArkansas,Fayetteville,AR,USA
SarahVarble SouthernIllinoisUniversity-Carbondale,Carbondale,IL,USA