Australia faces increasing impact on its agricultural productivity, water quality and environmental health as a result of dryland salinity. Much of the effort to date to address this threat has focussed on replacing deep-rooted perennial vegetation in landscapes cleared for agriculture. If a commercially viable option for replacing deep-rooted perennial vegetation can be developed then it is hoped that efforts to address dryland salinity will increase. This report discusses the objective to develop a commercially viable biomass production system that integrates within broadacre farming systems to produce feedstock that can be processed to provide a source of renewable energy
Analysis
AGROFORESTRY
BIOMASS
BIOENERGY
ENERGY SOURCES
INDUSTRY
LAND USE
Notes
"RIRDC project No. URS-1A
"A report prepared for the Australian Conservation Foundation and Joint Venture Agroforestry Program, with the assistance of the Myer Foundation"
"June 2004"
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 53-56
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2004 Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation