Planting Food or Fuel: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Role of Culture in Farmers’ Decisions to Grow Second-Generation Biofuel Feedstock Crops
Issue Date
2009-12Author
White, Stacey Swearingen
Brown, J. Christopher
Gibson-Carpenter, Jane W.
Hanley, Eric
Earnhart, Dietrich H.
Publisher
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholary, edited volume
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http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/comparative_technology_transfer_and_society/v007/7.3.white.htmlMetadata
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Recent interest in biofuels as an alternative energy source has spurred considerable changes in agricultural practice worldwide. These changes will be more pronounced as second-generation biofuels, such as switch grass, gain prominence; this article 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, developed herein is a theoretical framework to analyze how farmers grapple with shifting expectations of their function.
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White, Stacey Swearingen, J. Christopher Brown, Jane W. Gibson, Eric Hanley, Dietrich H. Earnhart, "Planting Food or Fuel: Developing an Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Role of Culture in Farmers' Decisions to Grow Second-Generation Biofuel Feedstock Crops," Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, 7:3 (2009) 287-302.
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