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The 2002 Farm Bill: Revitalizing the Farm Economy Through Renewable Energy Development [PDF]
, 2001 2002 Policy Report.Reduced profit margins and low commodity prices have forced many to leave farming in the past decade, or rely increasingly on off-farm income, while more attractive opportunities in less volatile industries have deterred many young ...
Carol Werner, Jeremy Ames
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Plant biostimulants are substances that are obtained from a variety of sources and are applied in minute quantities to enhance plant growth and vigor. In this review we detail how the use of plant biostimulants may contribute to efforts to achieving a number of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Patrick Quille +3 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Implementing nature‐based climate solutions is important for mitigating climate change, which is a global issue, but requires local adjustments in management practices. Using the association between soil carbon and minerals as a proxy for carbon persistence, we evaluated the effect of different management regimes on soil carbon sequestration and loss ...
Adam Pellegrini +3 more
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A Method for Assessing the Risks to Sustainability Posed by Process Operations
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We present a framework for assessing the risks to sustainability posed by any given set of processes. The objective is to improve sustainability by enabling better decision‐making in policy and business contexts. The framework can be applied to any system of processes where available information supports discovery and quantification of ...
Richard C. Darton, Colin J. Axon
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ASSESSMENT OF BIORESOURCES POTENTIAL OF A RURAL VILLAGE FOR SELF ENERGY GENERATION
BioResources, 2008 The present research work assesses the bioenergy available in a rural village for self-sustainable development. The biomass consumption of the village for domestic as well as for all the activities has been collected.
Vivek P. Khambalkar +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines the nexus between financial markets (FM), mineral resources, and global energy transitions (ET) between 1990 and 2023 in the 20 leading countries exporting mineral resources, focusing on their impact on environmental sustainability.
Hamza Akram +5 more
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Ex Ante Impact Assessment of Policies Affecting Land Use, Part B: Application of the Analytical Framework [PDF]
, 2011 The use of science-based tools for impact assessment has increasingly gained focus in addressing the complexity of interactions between environment, society, and economy.
Bakker, M.M. +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable development transforms production systems, requiring integrated environmental, social, and economic strategies. Energy systems are key agro‐industrial supply chains in developing countries. Brazil's soybean supply chain impacts Gross Domestic Product, mainly through exports.
Aline Veronese da Silva +3 more
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Evaluation of maize and hemp cultivars as bioenergy crop [PDF]
, 2010 We are cultivating annual and perennial crops as monoculture and as mixed culture to investigate plant biomass use for production of renewable energy sources in northern latitudes. We have grown different hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) and bioenergy maize (
Kenedy, Epie +3 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable livestock manure management sits at the nexus of climate, nutrient circularity and water quality. This review explores how artificial intelligence (AI) and digital platforms are used across four management stages, that is, treatment, storage, valorisation and distribution, and figures out where integration fails to deliver ...
Zhan Shi +3 more
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