Review on materials & methods to produce controlled release coated urea fertilizer
With the exponential growth of the global population, the agricultural sector is bound to use
ever larger quantities of fertilizers to augment the food supply, which consequently increases …
ever larger quantities of fertilizers to augment the food supply, which consequently increases …
Coating materials for slow release of nitrogen from urea fertilizer: A review
Presently, about 200 million tons of urea fertilizer is produced worldwide to meet supply and
demand. However, a quarter of the urea applied to soils is lost to the environment due to …
demand. However, a quarter of the urea applied to soils is lost to the environment due to …
New reflections on food security and land use strategies based on the evolution of Chinese dietary patterns
Y Zhu, Z Wang, X Zhu - Land Use Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Food is the fundamental guarantee for the sustainable development of human society.
Countries around the world put food security on their high-priority political agenda. As the …
Countries around the world put food security on their high-priority political agenda. As the …
Toward a life cycle-based, diet-level framework for food environmental impact and nutritional quality assessment: a critical review
MC Heller, GA Keoleian, WC Willett - Environmental science & …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Supplying adequate human nutrition within ecosystem carrying capacities is a key element
in the global environmental sustainability challenge. Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been …
in the global environmental sustainability challenge. Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been …
Human appropriation of natural capital: A comparison of ecological footprint and water footprint analysis
AY Hoekstra - Ecological economics, 2009 - Elsevier
The water footprint concept introduced in 2002 is an analogue of the ecological footprint
concept originating from the 1990s. Whereas the ecological footprint (EF) denotes the …
concept originating from the 1990s. Whereas the ecological footprint (EF) denotes the …
[BOOK][B] Climate change: financing global forests: the Eliasch review
J Eliasch - 2012 - taylorfrancis.com
An area of forest the size of England is cut down in the tropics each year. Forestry is
responsible for a fifth of global carbon emissions-more than the entire world transport sector …
responsible for a fifth of global carbon emissions-more than the entire world transport sector …
An integrated approach to current trends in food consumption: Moving toward functional and organic products?
V Falguera, N Aliguer, M Falguera - Food control, 2012 - Elsevier
In recent times, concerns about the impact of the food that people consume on their own
health, as well as the social and environmental consequences that it entails, have led to …
health, as well as the social and environmental consequences that it entails, have led to …
Measuring telecouplings in the global land system: A review and comparative evaluation of land footprint accounting methods
In an increasingly globalized world with more and more distributed international supply
chains, sustainability studies and policies need to consider socioeconomic and …
chains, sustainability studies and policies need to consider socioeconomic and …
Sustainable benchmarking of supply chains: the case of the food industry
Long-term organisational viability and competitiveness should not be evaluated solely in
terms of financial measures. Investors, policy makers and other stakeholders increasingly …
terms of financial measures. Investors, policy makers and other stakeholders increasingly …
Consumption patterns and their effects on land required for food
PW Gerbens-Leenes, S Nonhebel - Ecological Economics, 2002 - Elsevier
Vast amounts of land are required for the production of food, but the area suitable for
growing crops is limited. In this paper, attention is paid to the relationship between food …
growing crops is limited. In this paper, attention is paid to the relationship between food …