Planting Food or Fuel: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Role of Culture in Farmers’ Decisions to Grow Second-Generation Biofuel Feedstock Crops
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Recent interest in biofuels as an alternative energy source has spurred considerable change in agricultural practice worldwide. These changes will be more pronounced as secondgeneration biofuels, such as switch grass and algae, gain prominence. This paper examines the cultural factors associated with the decisions U.S. farmers face in targeting crops for fuel production instead of food. Through an interdisciplinary assessment of the dynamics of farmers’ behavior, we develop a theoretical framework to analyze how farmers grapple with shifting expectations of their function.
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تاریخ انتشار 2010