[HTML][HTML] Manure management and soil biodiversity: Towards more sustainable food systems in the EU

J Köninger, E Lugato, P Panagos, M Kochupillai… - Agricultural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract CONTEXT In the European Union (EU-27) and UK, animal farming generated
annually more than 1.4 billion tonnes of manure during the period 2016–2019. Of this, more …

Managing nitrogen for sustainable development

X Zhang, EA Davidson, DL Mauzerall, TD Searchinger… - Nature, 2015 - nature.com
Improvements in nitrogen use efficiency in crop production are critical for addressing the
triple challenges of food security, environmental degradation and climate change. Such …

Quantification of global and national nitrogen budgets for crop production

X Zhang, T Zou, L Lassaletta, ND Mueller, FN Tubiello… - Nature Food, 2021 - nature.com
Input–output estimates of nitrogen on cropland are essential for improving nitrogen
management and better understanding the global nitrogen cycle. Here, we compare 13 …

[HTML][HTML] Heavy metal contamination of water and their toxic effect on living organisms

A Singh, A Sharma, RK Verma… - The toxicity of …, 2022 - intechopen.com
Water has become a major threat in today's world. Collection of heavy metals, a few of them,
is potentially toxic and these get distributed to different areas through different pathways …

Environmental impact of livestock farming and Precision Livestock Farming as a mitigation strategy

E Tullo, A Finzi, M Guarino - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the environmental impact of current livestock practices and discusses the
advantages offered by Precision Livestock Farming (PLF), as a potential strategy to mitigate …

Adoption of solid organic waste composting products: A critical review

T Chen, S Zhang, Z Yuan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid increase of solid wastes is a global challenge and organic waste takes the majority
part. Composting is an efficient and effective way of converting solid organic wastes to …

50 year trends in nitrogen use efficiency of world cropping systems: the relationship between yield and nitrogen input to cropland

L Lassaletta, G Billen, B Grizzetti… - Environmental …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Nitrogen (N) is crucial for crop productivity. However, nowadays more than half of the N
added to cropland is lost to the environment, wasting the resource, producing threats to air …

[HTML][HTML] Food choices, health and environment: Effects of cutting Europe's meat and dairy intake

H Westhoek, JP Lesschen, T Rood, S Wagner… - Global environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Western diets are characterised by a high intake of meat, dairy products and eggs, causing
an intake of saturated fat and red meat in quantities that exceed dietary recommendations …

[PDF][PDF] Factors affecting water pollution: a review

FN Chaudhry, MF Malik - J. Ecosyst. Ecography, 2017 - facultystaff.richmond.edu
This study was conducted at University of Gujrat during 2016 to 2017 as a term paper for
Master of Philosophy. The data regarding effect of ozone depletion on human was reviewed …

[HTML][HTML] Maize crop nutrient input requirements for food security in sub-Saharan Africa

HFM Ten Berge, R Hijbeek, MP Van Loon, J Rurinda… - Global Food …, 2019 - Elsevier
Nutrient limitation is a major constraint in crop production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Here,
we propose a generic and simple equilibrium model to estimate minimum input …