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image captionThe land is less suited for food production but the crops can be harvested every few years
Crops will be planted by Welsh scientists in an attempt to reduce greenhouse gases.
Willow and Miscanthus, which remove carbon dioxide from the environment, will be planted on land less suited to food production.
They can be harvested every one to three years.
Aberystwyth University scientists will lead partners in developing the biomass crops as part of a £30m UK government-funded project to help the climate.
Prof Iain Donnison, head of the Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS) at the university, said they would be using a range of technologies to plant the crops, as well as looking at incentives which may encourage farmers to grow these crops.
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