What is the potential for reducing national greenhouse gas emissions from crop and livestock production systems? [PDF]
Agriculture has a devolved commitment to reduce national emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG). Using a systems model-based life-cycle analysis we explored the potential for reducing GHG in systems used to produce twelve crop and seven livestock ...
Audsley, Eric, Wilkinson, Mike
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Safety evaluation of a β-amylase food enzyme obtained from wheat (Triticum spp.) [PDF]
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Andryszkiewicz, Magdalena+28 more
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A comparison between legume technologies and fallow, and their effects on maize and soil traits, in two distinct environments of the West African savannah [PDF]
Legume¿maize rotation and maize nitrogen (N)-response trials were carried out simultaneously from 1998 to 2004 in two distinct agro-ecological environments of West Africa: the humid derived savannah (Ibadan) and the drier northern Guinea savannah (Zaria).
Franke, A.C.+4 more
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Safety evaluation of the food enzyme β-amylase obtained from barley (Hordeum vulgare) [PDF]
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Arcella, Davide+29 more
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Essential amino acids: master regulators of nutrition and environmental footprint? [PDF]
The environmental footprint of animal food production is considered several-fold greater than that of crops cultivation. Therefore, the choice between animal and vegetarian diets may have a relevant environmental impact.
Lante, Anna+2 more
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Impacts of elevated atmospheric CO₂ on nutrient content of important food crops. [PDF]
One of the many ways that climate change may affect human health is by altering the nutrient content of food crops. However, previous attempts to study the effects of increased atmospheric CO2 on crop nutrition have been limited by small sample sizes and/
Bloom, Arnold J+21 more
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Biofortification of UK food crops with selenium [PDF]
Se is an essential element for animals. In man low dietary Se intakes are associated with health disorders including oxidative stress-related conditions, reduced fertility and immune functions and an increased risk of cancers.
Bell+34 more
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Dual roles of spent mushroom substrate on soil improvement and enhanced drought tolerance of wheat Triticum aestivum [PDF]
This study examines the effects of the spent substrate of oyster mushroom (SMS) for growing wheat at different drought conditions. The SMS not only served as the sole fertilizer to produce normal growth and grain yield of wheat but also improved the soil
Chiu, Siu-Wai, Liang, Song
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African Regional Integration: Implications for Food Security [PDF]
This report looks at the African regional trade, regional integration agreements (RIAs) and the implications for food security. An overview is presented on the present state of African regional integration and the determinants of regional trade in ...
Dijk, M., van
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Global dataset of monthly growing areas of 26 irrigated crops : version 1.0 [PDF]
A data set of monthly growing areas of 26 irrigated crops (MGAG-I) and related crop calendars (CC-I) was compiled for 402 spatial entities. The selection of the crops consisted of all major food crops including regionally important ones (wheat, rice ...
Bauer, Christian+3 more
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