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The article deals with the cost-benefit analysis of Short Rotation Woody Crops plantations (SRC) for local supply chains and heat use. There are analysed benefits and costs (expenditure) from the positions of farmers (land operators). The cost-benefit analysis has been carried out by applying the method of discounted cash flow as this method allows assessing the entire life cycle of the plantations including initial establishment of the plantation and several rotation cycles. There are assessed the plantations in ...

The article presents a novel approach to the evaluation of the economic potential of grasslands. The economic potential of grasslands is evaluated by assessing the heat energy potential of grass (both in energy and monetary terms), based on two products пїЅ methane (biogas) and grass pellets. This approach provides an alternative to the assessment of the economic potential of grasslands, and it is specially intended for situations when grasslands are unmanaged due to low demand for grass biomass as a fodder. The e...