Based on previous publications and novel statistical data on
agricultural and forestry land for municipalities, as well the data
presented in Table 1, the innovated mapping of agricultural and
forestry biomass potentials of Province Vojvodina has been performed.
Contrary to previous mappings, here the biomass densities
are not expressed in tons per square kilometre, but as total
available amounts of agricultural biomass for each of 45 municipalities.
The available amount was calculated as a product of
acreage of considered crops, average annual biomass yield and
coefficient of availability for each municipality (Fig. 1). Due to
different values of LHV, the biomass type K3 is taken as representative,
and for K1 and K2 reductions factors were applied (3.9/4.0
and 3.3/4.0, respectively). The coefficient of availability represents
the share in larger plots and is introduced to eliminate those not
suitable for collection of crop residues using contemporary technologies.
It is presumed that the presses for big round and
rectangular bales can be efficiently applied only for plots of 5 ha
and more. The coefficients of availability have been defined for
each municipality consulting the local authorities and extension