Willow as a biomass crop – All the information in an easy-to-read Factsheet.

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Factsheet: Growing Industrial Hemp for Biomass

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A buffer strip is an area of land which is either left uncultivated or planted with perennial grasses, shrubs and trees. Planting strips or alleys of perennial biomass crops on existing agricultural land can provide a number of important benefits in terms of flood management, soil recovery and improvements in biodiversity, in addition to providing a harvestable resource. Wider adoption could help better manage landscapes to be more resilient to the effects of climate change, mitigate flood risk, and reduce the environmental impacts of intensive agriculture.

Biomass Buffer Zones Factsheet

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Find Out More

If you want to find out more about biomass buffer strips then read the full Technical article by Dr. Edward Hodgson. It includes sections on how buffer strips are used, the main functions of buffer strips, the perennial crops that are bested suited for use in biomass buffers and the different types of buffer strips, along with links to research papers, videos and government documents on biomass buffer strips. You can read and download the technical article here: Biomass Buffer Strips – using biomass crops in multipurpose land management.

Willow is a short rotation woody crop that rapidly produces large amount of biomass. The harvested willow biomass can be processed into renewable energy, heat, and other products such as livestock and poultry beddings, biochemicals, bioplastics and many more. Harvesting is the single largest cost component of willow production. As such, efforts should be aimed at reducing the harvest cost by having reliable high-performing harvest systems to improve the harvesting efficiency and increase the profitability of willow biomass production.

Willow Harvesting Factsheet

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• Biomass crops accumulate relatively large quantities of below and above ground biomass which is made of carbon sequestered from the atmosphere.
• The frequent harvest of above ground biomass enhances vigorous shoot regeneration and root turnover, which enhances soil carbon stock.
• Biomass crops after establishment, require no tillage during the lifetime of the plant, which enhances soil carbon stock by minimising disturbance to the soil.