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The rapidly growing world population and rising consumption of biofuels are increasing demand for both food and … nutritional and ethical concerns. Nearly 60% of humans in the world are currently malnourished, so the need for grains and other …
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Modern food production depends on limited natural resources for providing energy and fertilisers. We assess the fossil fuel dependency for the Danish food production system by means of Food Energy Returned on fossil Energy Invested (Food-EROI) and by the use of energy intensive nutrients from...
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As agricultural mechanization accelerates the development of agriculture in China, to control the growth of the … resulting energy consumption of mechanized agriculture without negatively affecting economic development has become a major … consumption using the SECA model, combined with simulations on agricultural diesel flows in China between 1996 and 2010 is …
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The shift to a bio-based economy for the Netherlands is not only required because of climate change, but also for industrial strategy reasons. Traditional strongholds of the Dutch economy like the Rotterdam harbour, the agricultural sector (including the greenhouse sector, and food and feed...
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Anaerobic digestion is an optimal way to treat organic waste matter, resulting in biogas and residue. Utilization of the residue as a crop fertilizer should enhance crop yield and soil fertility, promoting closure of the global energy and nutrient cycles. Consequently, the requirement for...
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Detailed energy outputs and inputs were assessed for the following crops, cultured in the U.S. and developing countries: corn, wheat, rice, soy, potato, cassava, tomato, citrus and apple. In addition, the labor input for each crop was analyzed.
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model is designed by analyzing the factors that affect carbon productivity. China’s contribution to carbon productivity is … are consistent with China’s current actual policy; (b) the distribution patterns of economic output, carbon productivity …; (d) in the study of the industrial structure, the contribution value of industry is the most prominent factor for China …
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With the rapid growth occurring in the urban regions of China, it is critical to address issues of sustainability …
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, energy consumptions and the realities of energy supply and transport in China (<i>i.e</i>., electricity generation and heat …
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Microalgal biofuel research in China has made noticeable progress, and algae cultivation for biofuel production is … algal biofuel potentiality in China was reviewed from the points of view of algal biodiversity, algal culture collection … households, industry and animal husbandry are suitable for large scale production in China. Land is hardly a limitation for algae …
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