A review of the biogas industry in China

X Jiang, SG Sommer, KV Christensen - Energy Policy, 2011 - Elsevier
This article presents an overview of the development and future perspectives of the Chinese
biogas industry. The development of the industry has the potential to improve the rural …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the Dutch implementation of the nitrates directive, the water framework directive and the national emission ceilings directive

HJM Van Grinsven, A Tiktak, CW Rougoor - NJAS-Wageningen Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Dutch nutrient policies for agriculture are generally implementations of European
environmental Directives, ie the Nitrates Directive (ND), the Water Framework Directive …

Biogas potential, utilization and countermeasures in agricultural provinces: A case study of biogas development in Henan Province, China

M Gao, D Wang, H Wang, X Wang, Y Feng - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2019 - Elsevier
With climate change and the over-exploitation of fossil fuels, the advantages of using
bioenergy are becoming increasingly obvious and many countries and regions around the …

Potential of extensification of European agriculture for a more sustainable food system, focusing on nitrogen

HJM Van Grinsven, JW Erisman… - Environmental …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Most global strategies for future food security focus on sustainable intensification of
production of food and involve increased use of nitrogen fertilizer and manure. The external …

Long-term nitrogen fertilizer replacement value of cattle manures applied to cut grassland

JJ Schröder, D Uenk, GJ Hilhorst - Plant and soil, 2007 - Springer
Manures supply nitrogen (N) to crops beyond the year of application. This N must be taken
into account for agronomic and environmental reasons. From 2002 to 2006 we conducted a …

Panarchy rules: rethinking resilience of agroecosystems, evidence from Dutch dairy-farming

DF Van Apeldoorn, K Kok, MPW Sonneveld… - Ecology and society, 2011 - JSTOR
Resilience has been growing in importance as a perspective for governing social-ecological
systems. The aim of this paper is first to analyze a well-studied human dominated …

Methods for measuring gas emissions from naturally ventilated livestock buildings: Developments over the last decade and perspectives for improvement

NWM Ogink, J Mosquera, S Calvet, G Zhang - Biosystems engineering, 2013 - Elsevier
The objectives of this paper are: 1) to give an overview of the development of methods for
measuring emission rates from naturally ventilated livestock buildings over the last decade …

Benchmarking the economic, environmental and societal performance of Dutch dairy farms aiming at internal recycling of nutrients

MA Dolman, MPW Sonneveld, H Mollenhorst… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2014 - Elsevier
Several dairy farms in the Netherlands aim at reducing their environmental impact by
improving the internal nutrient cycle (INC) at farm level. Practices to improve nutrient cycling …

The role of knowledge when studying innovation and the associated wicked sustainability problems in agriculture

J Bouma, AC Van Altvorst, R Eweg, P Smeets… - Advances in …, 2011 - Elsevier
Scientific institutions all over the world emphasize the importance of effective links between
science and society when pursuing sustainable development thereby linking science and …

Future sustainability and images

PJ Beers, A Veldkamp, F Hermans, D van Apeldoorn… - Futures, 2010 - Elsevier
Ambitions for sustainable development invariably lead to pondering the future, because
sustainability issues require a future oriented transition of existing, unsustainable systems …