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Three Essays On Renewable Energy, Kepifri Alpha Lakoh
Three Essays On Renewable Energy, Kepifri Alpha Lakoh
Department of Agricultural Economics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
This dissertation studies three main issues related to renewable energy in the United States and in Sub Sahara Africa.
The first chapter seeks to provide answers to a very fundamental question for second generation biofuels: “How much crop residue can farmers harvest from their fields for sale to cellulosic ethanol companies without affecting current levels of production?” The model developed is applied to 101 counties from four Midwestern states in the United States (Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska and Wyoming). Results show that soil organic matter significantly contributes to explaining changes in technical efficiency and total factor productivity. Furthermore, average crop …