Environmental sustainability of biofuels: a review

HK Jeswani, A Chilvers… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biofuels are being promoted as a low-carbon alternative to fossil fuels as they could help to
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the related climate change impact from …

Chronic kidney disease of unknown cause in agricultural communities

RJ Johnson, C Wesseling… - New England Journal of …, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Chronic Kidney Disease in Agricultural Communities Numerous cases of chronic kidney
disease of unknown cause have emerged among agricultural workers and other manual …

Air pollution scenario over Pakistan: Characterization and ranking of extremely polluted cities using long-term concentrations of aerosols and trace gases

M Bilal, A Mhawish, JE Nichol, Z Qiu, M Nazeer… - Remote Sensing of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Pakistan ranks third in the world in terms of mortality attributable to air pollution, with aerosol
mass concentrations (PM 2.5) consistently well above WHO (World Health Organization) air …

Sustainable valorization of sugar industry waste: Status, opportunities, and challenges

M Meghana, Y Shastri - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Sugarcane processing in sugar industry results in generation of vast amounts of wastes,
which can be valorized to biofuels and value-added chemicals based on the concept of …

Beyond sugar and ethanol production: value generation opportunities through sugarcane residues

S Formann, A Hahn, L Janke, W Stinner… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Sugarcane is the most produced agricultural commodity in tropical and subtropical regions,
where it is primarily used for the production of sugar and ethanol. The latter is mostly used to …

Agricultural fires and health at birth

MA Rangel, TS Vogl - Review of Economics and Statistics, 2019 - direct.mit.edu
Fire has long served as a tool in agriculture, but the practice's link with economic activity has
made its health consequences difficult to study. Drawing on data from satellite-based fire …

[HTML][HTML] What are the impacts of sugarcane production on ecosystem services and human well-being? A review

D El Chami, A Daccache, M El Moujabber - Annals of Agricultural Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper provides a narrative systematic review (SR) of the impacts of sugarcane
production on different ecosystems employing the ecosystem services framework. The …

Heat stress, physiological response, and heat-related symptoms among Thai sugarcane workers

P Boonruksa, T Maturachon, P Kongtip… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Prolonged or intense exposure to heat can lead to a range of health effects. This study
investigated heat exposure and heat-related symptoms which sugarcane workers (90 …

Synergistic effect of starch/polyvinyl alcohol/citric acid films decorated with in-situ green-synthesized nano silver on bioactive packaging films

A Ounkaew, N Janaum, P Kasemsiri… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to develop bioactive packaging films prepared from starch/polyvinyl
alcohol/silver nanoparticles/citric acid (starch/PVA/AgNPs/CA) using a green process. One …

[HTML][HTML] Production of Biobased Polyethylene Terephthalate and its Precursors for Diversification in the Global Sugarcane Industry

J Louw, S Farzad, JF Görgens - Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2024 - Elsevier
The technical and economic viability of producing fully bio-based polyethylene terephthalate
(PET) or its monomers was investigated. First generation (1 G) biorefineries, utilizing A …