Agriculture and energy
Value creation through shift of technology and energy sources in the Portuguese industry, services, agriculture and fishing sectors
... candidates and economic validation of switching ...different energy technologies can substitute each ...identify and characterize industry segments that will be targeted for fuel ...Portuguese ...
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Economic and environmental analysis of energy efficiency measures in agriculture. Case Studies and trade offs.
... date energy efficiency 1 in agriculture has received little attention, except for energy used in ...Nevertheless, energy use is considerable, especially when indirect energy use is ...
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Stakeholder and driver analysis on energy efficiency in Agriculture. Country Report - Portugal.
... the energy use and energy efficiency in the agriculture ...sector. Energy is a variable cost that we believe has potential to decrease, contributing to the increase of farm profit ...
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RESIDUAL BIOMASSES IN THE MICRO-REGION OF DOURADOS (MS): ASSESSMENT AND AVAILABILITY FOR ENERGY IN AGRICULTURE THERMAL CONVERSION
... for energy in agricultural ...micro and meso regions and energy conversion ...Geography and Statistics (quantity and local availability, per year) followed by determination of ...
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Agriculture and energy efficiency in portuguese agriculture and trade-offs with farm economics and environmental impacts: case studies for selected agricultural production
... income and are particularly tied to durum ...sunflower and green ...sunflower and green pea effects are ...4.5 and 4.9 times lower than the durum wheat’s and they reduce the magnitude ...
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Alternative energy production in agriculture feasibility of bioethanol production from Sweet sorghum in Portugal
... photoperiod; and there is a wide range of genotype diversification (CETA, ...P2O5 and 60-100 kg K2O per hectare (CETA, ...temperature and rainfall regimes of the ...sprinkler and drip ...
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Energy saving measures in Agriculture – Overview on the basis of national reports.
... of energy inputs in agricultural production is a process of practical implementation of a set of energy saving (ES) measures associated with a given type of production, farm infrastructure and ...
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Sustainable agriculture – Poland and Portugal
... specific energy inputs presented in Table ...most energy consuming in comparison with the other ...soil and climate conditions. In fact, as shown before energy consumption can be reduced to ...
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How Sustainable Agriculture Can Address the Environmental and Human Health Harms of Industrial Agriculture
... Sustainable agriculture systems are based on relatively small, profitable farms that use fewer off-farm inputs, integrate animal and plant production where appro- priate, maintain a higher biotic diversity, ...
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Sustainable agriculture – Poland and Portugal
... production and/or agricultural industry ...produce energy in cogeneration and heat will be used for securing production in farm buildings while power surplus will be connected to the local power ...
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Energy Flow in Agriculture: Bangladesh
... qualitative energy flow analysis in Bangladesh agriculture has been made for a period from 1980-81 to 2000-01 to evaluate the impact of energy input to produce ...power and machinery ...
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Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
... (Pinney and Polito, 1990; Fernández-Escobar et ...2005) and floral bud differentiation starts late in winter after winter chilling releases previously initiated flower buds from dormancy (Rallo and ...
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Technology for sustainable agriculture and agro-industry
... corn and soybean, and ...food and still suffering from poverty and ...world and only 20% of the population is engaged in food ...machinery and mechanisation, but also in ...
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Energy efficiency in agriculture. Showcase and alternatives for wheat production in Portugal.
... specific energy inputs presented in Table ...most energy consuming in comparison with the other ...soil and climate conditions. In fact, as shown before energy consumption can be reduced to ...
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Energy embodiment in Brazilian agriculture: an overview of 23 crops
... to energy embodied. Direct inputs are responsible for the majority of energy embodied, around 67 %, with fertilizers being the main source of this, ac- counting for 60 % on average, of horticultural ...
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Agenda for transnational co-operation on energy efficiency in agriculture.
... improve energy efficiency in agriculture a common vision and ambition based on different future scenarios would be significant in creating awareness and the correct socio-economic incentives ...
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Priorities for energy efficiency measures in agriculture.
... in agriculture it is recommended to use crop rotation, inter-cropping and cover ...efficiency and optimize the overall increase in C sequestration due to additional biomass left on the field (Willy ...
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ORGANC AGRICULTURE AND SUSTENTABILITY
... the energy dependence of petrochemicals and ...of agriculture belittles the power of the soil too much and considers the power of modern inputs (MIYASAKA, ...
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Energy balance of small scale biogas system for family farming agriculture
... renewable energy in the rural areas, for it can be generated from the manure of livestock, such as bovines, swine, goats, sheep and ...electric and thermal energy, which allows several ...
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Innovation issues in water, agriculture and food
... strategies and solutions need to be applied to mitigate the complexities of overall challenges placed to the sustainable use of water in agriculture and food ...level, and the large ...
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