This study highlights on the sustainable issues and agricultural development in Nigeria by looking at the theory of … sustainable human development approach. Sustainable development has currently come to the forefront of development studies …

The intensity of agricultural production affects both nutrient and greenhouse gas emissions. Environmental policy … the Lake Rotorua catchment in New Zealand using an agro-environmental economic model, NManager. The Regional Council is …-point sources such as farmland, while at the same time the NZ government is planning the agricultural sector into the GHG emissions …

While greenhouse gas emissions trading schemes, taxes and other measures have already been implemented or are proposed … firms in emissions-intensive, tradeexposed industries. Additionally, this might results in emissions leakage, reducing … environmental effectiveness. The problem of emissions leakage has been extensively studied in the case of mitigation by individual …

This study uses a stochastic production frontier to model energy efficiency trends, in 85 countries over a 37 year … and a theoretical model of energy-efficient technology choice. An improvement in a country’s energy efficiency is measured … remaining constant, the country using the least energy per unit output is on the global best-practice frontier. The model is …

. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today it is widely accepted that the greenhouse gas emissions because of human activities such as the combustion of coal … contribution of renewable sources to gross energy consumption that is associated with much lower greenhouse gas emissions than … catastrophe in long term. Transformation to renewable energy sources is unavoidable due to maintaining the speed of economic …

the use of renewable energy sources is being promoted, which reduces our energy dependence. The possible solutions for … viticulturists. The possible uses of grape vines, the accepted modes of heating as well as the level of approval of renewable energy … respondents consider the use of renewable energy and the utilisation of grape vines for energy production important. Concerning …

biofuels depends on how farmers would respond in providing biomass feedstock, yet economic behavior by farmers has been under … convert current grain cropland to grow a dedicated cellulosic biomass crop such as switchgrass. However, the financial … incentives to harvest cellulosic biomass provided by the 2008 farm bill may stimulate corn production due to demand for corn …

Biomass is being researched as a possible alternative to fossil sources of energy, in order to avoid externalities from … fossil fuel use that affect the environment and the economy. Some biomass-based energy production systems may produce … in a rise in prices of food commodities. Using marginal land for biomass production has been suggested as a solution …