Food waste (FW) management is a global conundrum because of the rapid population
growth and growing economic activity. Currently, incineration and landfill are still the main …

Biofuels are promoted in a wide-scale as a means of achieving energy security and
reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Biofuels derived from lignocellulosic biomass …

Environmental issues, the growing demand for energy, political concerns and the medium-
term depletion of petroleum has created the need for development of sustainable …

The lignocellulose in forage crops represents a second generation of biomass feedstock for
conversion into energy-related end products. Some of the most extensively studied species …

Conservation agricultural systems rely on three principles to enhance ecosystem
services:(1) minimizing soil disturbance,(2) maximizing soil surface cover and (3) stimulating …

Abstract Rural North America has undergone a major economic transformation over the past
century due to labor‐saving technological progress, reductions in transport costs, and rising …

BACKGROUND: Three matrices—corn (maize) meal, distiller's dried grains with solubles
(DDGS) and condensed distiller's solubles (CDS)—were sampled in sequence from a …

Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant, nonfood-based, sustainable, and low-cost resource
for the production of renewable fuels and chemicals. However, its inherent recalcitrance to …

This paper surveys China's renewable energy economy, focusing particularly on renewable
energy laws and programs, the lessons that can be learnt from the current literature, and the …

Research on how land suitability affects yields and breakeven prices for switchgrass
(Panicum virgatum L.) grown as a bioenergy crop is lacking for the US Southeast. Data from …