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Cadmium accumulation and Salix-based phytoextraction on arable land in Sweden

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Summary, in English

Cadmium accumulation in arable soils causes concern due to possible direct environmental effects and health risks associated with exposure of humans to cadmium through agricultural products. This paper discusses the problem of cadmium accumulation in Swedish arable land, and evaluates Salix (Salix vinimalis) cultivation as a tool for addressing the problem. It is found that Salix cultivation offers an effective option for addressing the cadmium accumulation, especially when the topsoil has high cadmium content due to anthropogenic inflows, and the subsoil naturally contains little cadmium. The estimated practical potential for Salix-based cadmium management (ca. 490 000 ha) is very large compared to the present Salix plantation area in Sweden (ca. 15 000 ha). However, the estimates of the net economic value of cadmium removal from arable land indicate that the economics of Salix production will not improve dramatically due to an induced cadmium removal. Salix-based cadmium management will therefore most likely take place in counties where Salix cultivation can be expected to expand as a response to an unfilled biomass demand in the energy sector.

Publishing year

2004

Language

English

Pages

207-223

Publication/Series

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

Volume

103

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Energy Systems

Keywords

  • Sweden
  • bioenergy
  • phytoextraction
  • cadmium
  • cropland
  • Salix
  • economics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1873-2305