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Economic Efficiency of Agropellet Production Using the Crop Residues

Branka Šakić Bobić orcid.org/0000-0001-9372-7628 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu Agronomski fakultet, Zavod za menadžment i ruralno poduzetništvo, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Zoran Grgić ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu Agronomski fakultet, Zavod za menadžment i ruralno poduzetništvo, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Helena Grivičić ; Diplomski studij Agrobiznis i ruralni razvoj, Sveučilište u Zagrebu Agronomski fakultet, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Lucija Ćosić ; Diplomski studij Agrobiznis i ruralni razvoj, Sveučilište u Zagrebu Agronomski fakultet, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Vesna Očić orcid.org/0000-0002-0323-6743 ; Sveučilište u Zagrebu Agronomski fakultet, Zavod za menadžment i ruralno poduzetništvo, Svetošimunska cesta 25, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

Bioeconomy and biomass utilization are increasingly important in all the leading strategic documents, both national and the European ones. The largest source of biomass is agriculture, so the goal of this research was to investigate the economic efficiency of agropellet production using the crop residues. The paper used the primary data obtained through the interviews and publicly available financial data on operations and prices. The business success was evaluated subsequent to an investment in the plant to produce the agropellets, with the aim to better utilize the crop residues and improve the business, using the efficiency and profitability indicators. The efficiency coefficient value was greater than 1 for all three analyzed years, which indicates a successful business, as was the profitability indicator, which had the values ​​of 15.91–37.02%.

Keywords

agropellets, biomass, crop residues, efficiency, profitability

Hrčak ID:

319680

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/319680

Publication date:

20.7.2024.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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