The food-energy-water-carbon nexus in a maize-maize-mustard cropping sequence of the Indian Himalayas: An impact of tillage-cum-live mulching

GS Yadav, A Das, BK Kandpal, S Babu, R Lal… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Amid the current environmental crises that exert enormous pressure on the arable lands,
there is a need to adopt environment-friendly effective but highly productive conservation …

Nutrient recovery from wastewaters by microalgae and its potential application as bio-char

FM Santos, JCM Pires - Bioresource Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
The intensive agricultural practices are increasing the demand for chemical fertilizers, being
currently produced from a non-environmental friendly way. Besides the environmental …

[HTML][HTML] Greenhouse gas emissions from global production and use of nitrogen synthetic fertilisers in agriculture

S Menegat, A Ledo, R Tirado - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The global agri-food system relies on synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilisation to increase crop
yields, yet the use of synthetic N fertiliser is unsustainable. In this study we estimate global …

Quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from global aquaculture

MJ MacLeod, MR Hasan, DHF Robb… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Global aquaculture makes an important contribution to food security directly (by increasing
food availability and accessibility) and indirectly (as a driver of economic development). In …

Life cycle assessment of animal‐based foods and plant‐based protein‐rich alternatives: an environmental perspective

A Detzel, M Krüger, M Busch… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract BACKGROUND In the European Union proteins for food are largely animal based,
consisting of meat and dairy products. Almost all soy but also a larger part of pulses and …

[HTML][HTML] Potential for hydrogen and Power-to-Liquid in a low-carbon EU energy system using cost optimization

H Blanco, W Nijs, J Ruf, A Faaij - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Hydrogen represents a versatile energy carrier with net zero end use emissions. Power-to-
Liquid (PtL) includes the combination of hydrogen with CO 2 to produce liquid fuels and …

Hydrogen production using methane: Techno-economics of decarbonizing fuels and chemicals

B Parkinson, M Tabatabaei, DC Upham… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In the near-to-medium future, hydrogen production will continue to rely on reforming of
widely available and relatively low-cost fossil resources. A techno-economic framework is …

Comparative life cycle assessment of various ammonia production methods

Y Bicer, I Dincer, C Zamfirescu, G Vezina… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
In the present study, four different ammonia production methods are comparatively
evaluated using life cycle assessment (LCA). The proposed ammonia production systems …

Toward net-zero emission fertilizers industry: greenhouse gas emission analyses and decarbonization solutions

M Ouikhalfan, O Lakbita, A Delhali, AH Assen… - Energy & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The production of fertilizers has been evolving steadily in the last 300 years. It involves a
high number of commodities and reagents that share a large portion of the costs and …

Greenhouse gas emissions of food waste disposal options for UK retailers

JA Moult, SR Allan, CN Hewitt, M Berners-Lee - Food Policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Food retailers are under increasing political and social pressure to reduce both the amount
of food that they waste and the amount of greenhouse gases (GHGs) that their food retailing …