Economic feasibility of tobacco leaves for biofuel production and high value squalene Academic Article

abstract

• In this paper, we estimate the economic feasibility of biofuel production and high value squalene from tobacco-based biomass. Pro-forma stochastic financial statements were constructed and the feasibility of multi-year financial projects were evaluated. The results suggest the commercialization of biofuel production from tobacco is not economical in the short run, but may have a potential in the long run. The results also indicate the economic feasibility of high value squalene is viable under the certain conditions.

authors

• Bryant, Henry
• Richardson, James

published proceedings

• INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT REVIEW

author list (cited authors)

• Maisashvili, A., Bryant, H. L., & Richardson, J. W.

citation count

• 2

complete list of authors

• Maisashvili, Aleksandre||Bryant, Henry L||Richardson, James W

publication date

• December 2016

publisher

• Wageningen Academic Publishers  Publisher

published in

• INTERNATIONAL FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS MANAGEMENT REVIEW  Journal

keywords

• Biofuels
• Multi-year Simulation Models
• Project Feasibility Analysis
• Squalene
• Tobacco

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.22434/IFAMR2015.0179

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/180821

start page

• 145

end page

• 161

volume

• 19

issue

• 4

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.22434%2Fifamr2015.0179

user-defined tag

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being