Bioenergy and Food Supply: A Spatial-Agent Dynamic Model of Agricultural Land Use for Jiangsu Province in China

Bioenergy and Food Supply: A Spatial-Agent Dynamic Model of Agricultural Land Use for Jiangsu Province in China

In this paper we develop an agent-based model to explore a feasible way of simultaneously providing sufficient food and bioenergy feedstocks in China. Concerns over the competition for agricultural land resources between food and bioenergy supply hinder the further development of bioenergy, especial...

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Main Authors: Kesheng Shu, Uwe A. Schneider, Jürgen Scheffran
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
bioenergy supply
agent-based model
land use
general algebraic modeling system (GAMS)
China
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/8/11/12369

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