TY - CHAP AU - Ebrahim Azarpour AU - Maral Moraditochaee ED - Miodrag Darko Matovic Y1 - 2013-04-30 PY - 2013 T1 - A Comparative Study on Energy Use and Cost Analysis of Rice Varieties Under Traditional and Semi-Mechanized Farming Systems in North of Iran N2 - This two-volume book on biomass is a reflection of the increase in biomass related research and applications, driven by overall higher interest in sustainable energy and food sources, by increased awareness of potentials and pitfalls of using biomass for energy, by the concerns for food supply and by multitude of potential biomass uses as a source material in organic chemistry, bringing in the concept of bio-refinery. It reflects the trend in broadening of biomass related research and an increased focus on second-generation bio-fuels. Its total of 40 chapters spans over diverse areas of biomass research, grouped into 9 themes. BT - Biomass Now SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/51165 DO - 10.5772/51165 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -