Water footprint of livestock products and production systems: a review

R Ibidhi, HB Salem - Animal Production Science, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
This paper reviews the small but growing literature on the water footprint (WF) of livestock
production and provides an analysis of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats …

Methodological frameworks to assess sustainable water resources management in industry: A review

V Navarro-Ramírez, J Ramírez-Hernandez… - Ecological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Fresh water is the most important resource for humanity; it is a good that cuts across all
social, economic and environmental activities. Worldwide, the industrial sector uses an …

Agronomic Performance of Grain Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) Cultivars under Intensive Fish Farm Effluent Irrigation

I Kolozsvári, Á Kun, M Jancsó, A Palágyi, C Bozán… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The growing global water shortage is an increasing challenge for the agricultural sector,
which aims to produce sufficient quantity and quality of food and animal feed. In our study …

A Sustainable Dairy Industry in Kazakhstan. Enterprises' Insights Upon Environment Management and Innovation

Y Akhmedyarov, N Kurmanov, M Petrova… - … Management & Tourism, 2023 - ceeol.com
This research paper debates some issues concerning a sustainable dairy industry in
Kazakhstan in straight relation with environment management and innovation management …

Developing a conceptual model for sustainable water resource management and agricultural development: the case of the Breede River catchment area, South Africa

YS Nyam, JH Kotir, AJ Jordaan… - Environmental …, 2021 - Springer
The complex relationship that exists between water resources and agricultural production
has been increasing constantly globally. Several factors are interacting to influence the …

Impact of summer cooling management on milk water footprint in dairy cows

G Grossi, A Vitali, N Lacetera - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The Water footprint (WF) is an indicator of the amount of direct and indirect freshwater used
to make a product available, measured over its entire supply chain. Dairy cows are cooled …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the efficiency of solid waste collection services in urban Ghana

E Volsuuri, E Owusu-Sekyere, AZ Imoro… - Waste Management …, 2023 - Elsevier
Whether private solid waste management companies are efficient in solid waste collection
(SWC) has long dominated public discourse in Ghana. In many instances, such discourses …

The water footprint assessment of electricity production: An overview of the economic-water-energy nexus in Italy

PP Miglietta, D Morrone, F De Leo - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
The term “water-energy nexus” has remarkable implications in the sustainable management
of water resources. The aim of this paper is to analyse the production of electricity, from an …

[HTML][HTML] Straw strip mulching: A sustainable technology for saving water and improving efficiency in dryland winter wheat production

LI Rui, SX Chai, YW Chai, YW Li, L Chang… - Journal of Integrative …, 2022 - Elsevier
An improved straw mulching model may be a sustainable agricultural production technology
due to its improvements in soil water and the fertilizer environment by the recycling of waste …

Sustainable application of livestock water footprints in different beef production systems of South Africa

AM Ngxumeshe, M Ratsaka, B Mtileni, K Nephawe - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
There is an increase in requirement and competition for water, while water resources are
decreasing at an accelerating rate. Agriculture is the biggest consumer of water and …