This study highlights developments in cost‐effective fractionation techniques to ensure the sustainability and industrial applicability of biomass. ABSTRACT Given the depletion of fossil fuels and global concerns about environmental protection, lignocellulosic biomass is an excellent alternative candidate due to its unique combination of ...
Sunesh Narayanaperumal +6 more
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MANUFACTURING COCONUT SHELL CHARCOAL BRICKETS AND SUGAR CANE AS ALTERNATIVE FUEL
The use of coconut shells and sugar cane bagasse as the main raw materials for making briquettes hasgreat potential as analternative fuel. The use of briquettes as fuel can produce heat with little smokewhich is environmentally friendly. The aim of the research was to determine the effect of the compositionof bagasse charcoal and coconut shell ...
Sartika Mulyani +5 more
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Schematic summary of the machine learning‐driven analysis for high‐yield cucumber architecture. This study employs machine learning methods to analyze key shoot and root traits, building a predictive model for yield. The analysis identifies an optimal plant architecture: a compact and sturdy shoot structure, combined with a narrow yet larger‐diameter ...
Cuifang Zhu +8 more
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Constraints to Food Security: The Philippine Case [PDF]
Over the past two decades, the Philippine economic growth has been erratic and lower than most developing countries in Asia. The agriculture sector has not performed well since 1980s, hence losing its comparative advantage.
David, Cristina C.
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Organic Agriculture in Cuba: Managing with Limited Resources [PDF]
The typical Cuban farming units are large-scale cooperatives, in which farming families are more or less loosely organized. In the low lands, these cooperatives normally specialize in a few products for the market and a higher diversity of self ...
Kilcher, Lukas
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The 2024 European Union report on pesticide residues in food
Abstract Under European Union legislation (Article 32, Regulation (EC) No 396/2005), the European Food Safety Authority publishes an annual report assessing pesticide residue levels in food. In 2024, 9842 samples were analysed as part of the EU‐coordinated multiannual control programme subset, of which 1.2% were found to be non‐compliant.
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) +4 more
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Global Distortions to Key Agricultural Commodity Markets [PDF]
Distorted incentives, agricultural and trade policy reforms, national agricultural development, Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade, F13, F14, Q17, Q18,
Anderson, Kym +3 more
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Variation in the apparent faecal digestibility of macronutrients and urinary energy excretion for three diets varying in fat and fibre content-- assessment of the Atwater factors and related energy conversion factors : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Nutritional Science at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
Background: Current systems to estimate dietary metabolisable energy (ME), often based on Atwater factors, assume that diet ME can be accurately predicted based on a few chemical components and that the ME of components is constant across foods ...
Zou, Maggie Long
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The Emergence of Modern Banking System in the Philippines during the American Colonial Period [PDF]
This paper aims to map the emergence and development of modern banking system in the Philippines during the American colonial period. First, the Philippine foreign trade structure under American rule is briefly surveyed.
Yoshiko Nagano
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