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Instant Insights: Life cycle assessment (LCA) of crops

by Dr Seyyed Hassan Pishar-Komleh, Dr Paria Sefeedpari, Dr Nathan Pelletier, Dr. Miguel Brandão, Dr Louis Bockel, Dr Cecile Bessou, Heinz Stichnothe, Amir Abdul-Manan, Shabbir Gheewala, Dr Claudine Basset-Mens, Dr Sandra Payen, Henri Vannière, Angela Braun, Yannick Biard, Dr Orane Debrune, Dr Laure-Sophie Schiettecatte ...

Series Book 42 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on life cycle assessment (LCA) of crops.The first chapter discusses the application of LCA to agricultural systems and highlights key issues associated with its implementation, including delimitation of systems boundaries, defining the functional unit, handling coproduction, and the choosing of impact assessment methods.The second ... Read more

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This collection features five peer-reviewed literature reviews on life cycle assessment (LCA) of crops.The first chapter discusses the application of LCA to agricultural systems and highlights key issues associated with its implementation, including delimitation of systems boundaries, defining the functional unit, handling coproduction, and the choosing of impact assessment methods.The second
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by Dr Victor Galán Saúco, Prof. Sisir Mitra, A. Bhagwan, Dr John Y. Yonemoto, Dr Steven A. Oosthuyse, Dr Victor Manuel Medina-Urrutia, Jaime Eduardo Reyes-Hernández, Gil Virgen-Calleros, Enrique Pimienta-Barrios, Marciano Manuel Robles-González0, Dr A. G. Levin2, Prof Kerry Walsh3, Zhenglin Wang4, Apiradee Uthairatanakij5, Pongphen Jitareerat6, Dr Robert Paull7, Dr Noam Alkan8, Prof. Laurent Urban9, Mônica Maria de Almeida Lopes0, Maria Raquel Alcântara de Miranda1, V. Pérez2, Dr Claudine Basset-Mens3, Dr Sandra Payen4, Henri Vannière5, Angela Braun6, Yannick Biard7, Prof. Randy C. Ploetz8, Dr Stefano De Faveri9, Anirudh Kumar0, Dr J. I. Hormaza1, Dr Noris Ledesma2, Dr Frédéric Normand3, Dr Maria Hilda Pérez-Barraza4, Jorge Alberto Osuna-Garcia5, Dr Pierre-Éric Lauri6 ...

Series Book 34 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Comprehensive review of each step in the value chain for mango cultivation, from breeding new varieties to post-harvest storageCoverage of advances in mango genetics and understanding genetic diversityStrong focus on understanding and preventing post-harvest losses ... Read more

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Memories of her dire past fade as Celia Hagen enjoys life in Switzerland as a bestselling author, surrounded by an extended family, her beloved Benicio, and their imaginative young son Benny. But when Benny disappears from a train during an unexpected stop in the French countryside, Celia suspects her past may not be buried after all. With Benny gone, she quickly realizes her life wasn’t nearly as ... Read more

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Memories of her dire past fade as Celia Hagen enjoys life in Switzerland as a bestselling author, surrounded by an extended family, her beloved Benicio, and their imaginative young son Benny. But when Benny disappears from a train during an unexpected stop in the French countryside, Celia suspects her past may not be buried after all. With Benny gone, she quickly realizes her life wasn’t nearly as
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Climate Change and Food Systems: Global Assessments and Implications for Food Security and Trade

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This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warming will impact where and how food is produced and discusses the significant consequences for food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and ... Read more

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This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. ... Read more

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Handbook Of Climate Change And Agroecosystems: Global And Regional Aspects And Implications â€” Joint Publication With The American Society Of Agronomy

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Climate change is no longer merely projected to occur in the indeterminate future. It has already begun to be manifested in the weather regimes affecting agroecosystems, food production, and rural livelihoods in many regions around the world. It is a real and growing challenge to the world at large and in particular to the scientific community, which is called upon with increasing urgency to ... Read more

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Climate change is no longer merely projected to occur in the indeterminate future. It has already begun to be manifested in the weather regimes affecting agroecosystems, food production, and rural livelihoods in many regions around the world. It is a real and growing challenge to the world at large and in particular to the scientific community, which is called upon with increasing urgency to
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Series series Foundations Contemporary Environmental
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In this concise introduction to water resources, Shimon Anisfeld explores the fundamental interactions between humans and water, including drinking, sanitation, irrigation, and power production. The book familiarizes students with the current water crisis and with approaches for managing this essential resource more effectively in a time of rapid environmental and social change. Anisfeld addresses
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This report addresses the role of forest products in replacing fossil-based and GHG-intensive products. The overarching objective is to provide recommendations to strengthen the contribution of substitution by forest products to sustainable development. To that end, this report firstly provides an overview of the understanding of the bioeconomy and the role of forest products across the world. ... Read more

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Encouraging students to engage in the challenges and complexity of sustainability, this text considers not only the theories underlying sustainability, but more importantly how theories are translated into practice and the difficulties of achieving this in the world in which we live. This pragmatic focus gives students a greater understanding of the practice of sustainability and highlights the
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