Acreage data at national level for hemp and flax is obtained from Eurstat (2024). Click here for the dataset
The biomass acreage forecasting problem
Recent expansion of biomass acreage is used to predict acreages in coming years for various European countries. Available data is partly used to train forecasting models, and partly used to test these models. Models should be flexible in order to deal with country differences, nonlinear evolution of acreages, and include relevant drivers such as prices and policies.