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<p>Ukraine’s agriculture is a leading sector of the national economy. Ukraine has a significant area (603628 km<sup>2</sup>), 70.9% of which are agricultural lands. Quality soil and good climatic conditions create favorable conditions for the development of crop and livestock production. The generation of a large amount of organic waste from agriculture opens wide opportunities for the development of the biogas technologies. The aim of the paper is to identify the main waste management trends in Ukraine based on data on waste generation and waste management and to calculate the strategic potential of agricultural waste as a feedstock for biofuels production. The resource potential of crop, livestock and processing waste has been considered and the necessity of its use for energy purposes has been substantiated. It has been determined that the greatest potential of agricultural waste that can be used for biogas production in Ukraine is concentrated in crop production. The livestock industry and processing enterprises also have a powerful feedstock base for biogas production. It has been determined that the agroindustrial sector of Ukraine produces significant amount of waste. As a result of the study, it has been found that the potential volume of biogas production from agricultural waste can replace 36.1% of natural gas consumption in Ukraine.</p>
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Ukraine’s agriculture is a leading sector of the national economy. Ukraine has a significant area (603628 km2), 70.9% of which are agricultural lands. Quality soil and good climatic conditions create favorable conditions for the development of crop and livestock production. The generation of a large amount of organic waste from agriculture opens wide opportunities for the development of the biogas technologies. The aim of the paper is to identify the main waste management trends in Ukraine based on data on waste generation and waste management and to calculate the strategic potential of agricultural waste as a feedstock for biofuels production. The resource potential of crop, livestock and processing waste has been considered and the necessity of its use for energy purposes has been substantiated. It has been determined that the greatest potential of agricultural waste that can be used for biogas production in Ukraine is concentrated in crop production. The livestock industry and processing enterprises also have a powerful feedstock base for biogas production. It has been determined that the agroindustrial sector of Ukraine produces significant amount of waste. As a result of the study, it has been found that the potential volume of biogas production from agricultural waste can replace 36.1% of natural gas consumption in Ukraine.

Strategic Potential of Agricultural Waste as a Feedstock for Biofuels Production in Ukraine

Rural Sustainability Research

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Ukraine’s agriculture is a leading sector of the national economy. Ukraine has a significant area (603628 km2), 70.9% of which are agricultural lands. Quality...

Strategic Potential of Agricultural Waste as a Feedstock for Biofuels Production in Ukraine

Published Online: Dec 22, 2021

Page range: 1 - 12

Received: Mar 12, 2021

Accepted: Oct 29, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plua-2021-0012

Keywords
agriculture waste, primary plant waste, livestock waste, potential, biofuels, efficiency

© 2021 Dina Tokarchuk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Strategic Potential of Agricultural Waste as a Feedstock for Biofuels Production in Ukraine

Published Online: Dec 22, 2021

Page range: 1 - 12

Received: Mar 12, 2021

Accepted: Oct 29, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plua-2021-0012

Keywordsagriculture waste, primary plant waste, livestock waste, potential, biofuels, efficiency

© 2021 Dina Tokarchuk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
agriculture waste, primary plant waste, livestock waste, potential, biofuels, efficiency