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Carbon sequestration in soil.
Carbon (C) sequestration in soil implies transfer and secure storage of atmospheric CO2 into the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool as recalcitrant humus/...
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Biofuels: the food versus fuel debate.
The increase in prices of food commodities since 2001, culminating in the food crisis of 2007/08 gave birth to the food versus fuel debate. Several st...
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Bioenergy: a potential for developing countries?
Over the past decade, sustainable development has become a pivotal element of innovation in various areas. Industrial biotechnology -through its poten...
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Mitigating diffuse water pollution from agriculture: riparian buffer strip performance with width.
There is currently a dearth of empirical evidence on the performance of most options for mitigating diffuse pollution from agriculture across a repres...
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Herbaceous crops with potential for biofuel production in the USA.
World energy demand is straining energy supplies and spurring the search for alternative energy sources - especially transportation fuels. Ethanol pro...
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Alternative crops for biodiesel feedstock.
Biodiesel, the name popularly given to fatty acid alkyl esters, has become an attractive option for the replacement of petroleum diesel ('petrodiesel'...
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Contract law and wind energy on farms.
Landowners may approach or may be approached by a wind development company to contract a portion of their land for a wind farm. Wind farms now produce...
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Remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
Hydrocarbon pollution is a threat to the agricultural industry and the natural environment. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a group of per...
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Quality assurance: a vital need in ecological monitoring.
Much of our knowledge about the status of and changes in ecological systems and their response to environmental stresses has originated from ecologica...
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Livestock and climate change, challenges and options.
This review outlines livestock's major emission pathways and production trends, and explores the challenges and options for livestock in addressing ...
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