Treatment technologies for urban solid biowaste to create value products: a review with focus on low-and middle-income settings

CR Lohri, S Diener, I Zabaleta, A Mertenat… - … Science and Bio …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Treatment of biowaste, the predominant waste fraction in low-and middle-income
settings, offers public health, environmental and economic benefits by converting waste into …

Anaerobic biorefinery: current status, challenges, and opportunities

C Sawatdeenarunat, D Nguyen, KC Surendra… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) has been in use for many decades. To date, it has been primarily
aimed at treating organic wastes, mainly manures and wastewater sludge, and industrial …

System dynamics modeling for assessment of water–food–energy resources security and nexus in Gavkhuni basin in Iran

Z Ravar, B Zahraie, A Sharifinejad, H Gozini… - Ecological Indicators, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a spatiotemporal disaggregated simulation model was developed based on
water–food–energy (WFE) nexus approach to assess water and food supply security …

Organic contaminants in African aquatic systems: Current knowledge, health risks, and future research directions

W Gwenzi, N Chaukura - Science of the Total Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Organic contaminants (OCs) are increasingly being reported in African aquatic systems, yet
a critical evaluation of the literature is still lacking. The objectives of this review were to:(1) …

Agricultural methane emissions and the potential formitigation

P Smith, D Reay, J Smith - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Agriculture is the largest anthropogenic source of methane (CH4), emitting 145 Tg CH4 y− 1
to the atmosphere in 2017. The main sources are enteric fermentation, manure …

[HTML][HTML] System dynamics model of sustainable water resources management using the Nexus Water-Food-Energy approach

MJ Keyhanpour, SHM Jahromi, H Ebrahimi - Ain Shams Engineering …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research has investigated the simulation of sustainable water resources management
to assess the impact of socio-economic development on water, food and energy resources …

Crop straw utilization and field burning in Northern region of Ghana

PA Seglah, Y Wang, H Wang, Y Bi, K Zhou… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Efficient utilization of crop straw is a determining factor for cleaner production and
sustainable development in Ghana's agricultural sector. However, extensive field burning of …

Role of biogas slurry to reclaim soil properties providing an eco-friendly approach for crop productivity

A Mukhtiar, A Mahmood, MA Zia, M Ameen… - Bioresource Technology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biogas slurry is leftover slurry produced by anaerobic breakdown of biogas source
substrates like animal manure or plant debris. Biogas slurry has attracted much interest …

Adoption and impacts of clean bioenergy cookstoves in Kenya

A Karanja, A Gasparatos - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Kenya is one of the leading countries in the development and commercialization of clean
bioenergy stoves in Sub-Sahara Africa. However, due to a series of interconnected factors …

Food-energy-water (FEW) nexus: Sustainable food production governance through system dynamics modeling

ÉC Francisco, PS de Arruda Ignácio, AL Piolli… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The transition challenge to sustainability is the governance of common use and property
resources the commons. Climate change, as the prime mover of that transition processes …