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- Author:
- Guilherme M. Sanches; Paulo S.G. Magalhães; Oriel T. Kolln; Rafael Otto; Francelino Rodrigues; Terezinha F. Cardoso; Mateus F. Chagas; Henrique C.J. Franco
- Source:
- Geoderma regional 2021 v.24 pp. e00360
- ISSN:
- 2352-0094
- Subject:
- environmental assessment; equipment; fertilizer application; fertilizers; field experimentation; nitrogen; phosphorus; potassium; precision agriculture; profitability; soil; soil analysis; soil fertility; sugar industry; sugarcane; variable rate application
- Abstract:
- ... Precision agriculture (PA) is an essential tool for site-specific management of soil fertility in sugarcane fields. However, the complexity of the cropping system, limitations on data handling, availability of adequate equipment and the lack of appropriate decision support systems limit the adoption of PA by the sugarcane industry. The objective of this study was to verify the potential economic, ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.geodrs.2021.e00360
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2021.e00360
- Author:
- Qianqian Zhang; Xueqing Zhang
- Source:
- Environmental monitoring and assessment 2021 v.193 no.10 pp. 655
- ISSN:
- 0167-6369
- Subject:
- agricultural soils; environmental assessment; fertilizers; geostatistics; oils; pollution; principal component analysis; risk factors; traffic; China
- Abstract:
- ... Heavy metals’ pollution of agricultural soil is an environmental problem of widespread concern, especially in China, but, how to accurately identify their sources is still a great challenge. Here, we implemented a high-density sampling strategy (2194 samples collected) and combined correlation analysis (CA), principal component analysis (PCA), positive matrix factorization (PMF) modeling, and geos ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10661-021-09449-5
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-021-09449-5
- Author:
- Manuel Taifouris; Mariano Martin
- Source:
- ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering 2021 v.9 no.40 pp. 13471-13479
- ISSN:
- 2168-0485
- Subject:
- animal wastes; beef cattle; case studies; circular economy; cultivation area; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; feces; fertilizers; green chemistry; nitrogen; phosphorus; pollution; potassium; waste treatment
- Abstract:
- ... The separation between cropping systems and livestock has caused an imbalance in the nutrients, increasing the environmental impact of both industries. In this work, an integrated system comprising intensive livestock and crop management is compared with traditional systems, from the economic and environmental points of view. A model for estimating energy and nutritional requirements of beef cattl ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c04014
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c04014
- Author:
- Theodore Riotto; Guoqiang Cao; William L. Luyben; Jonas Baltrusaitis
- Source:
- ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering 2021 v.9 no.39 pp. 13233-13244
- ISSN:
- 2168-0485
- Subject:
- ammonia; atmospheric pressure; electricity; electricity costs; environmental assessment; environmental impact; fertilizers; green chemistry; greenhouse gases; life cycle assessment; liquids; methane; models; process design
- Abstract:
- ... Engineering more sustainable ammonia (NH₃) production methods is of utmost importance since the conventional synthesis process utilizes high temperatures and high pressures. In this work, the substitution of the conventional NH₃ reactor operating at 160 bar with a dielectric discharge barrier (DBD) plasma reactor operating at atmospheric pressure was performed using the overall process design appr ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c04031
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c04031
- Author:
- Jiapan Lian; Weitao Liu; Lingzuo Meng; Jiani Wu; Aurang Zeb; Liping Cheng; Yuhang Lian; Hongwen Sun
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.318 pp. 128571
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- Fibrobacteres; Verrucomicrobia; acid phosphatase; corn; cultivars; environmental assessment; fertilizers; growth promotion; metabolites; microbial communities; microplastics; nitrate reductase; phytases; plant growth; pollution; rhizosphere; urease
- Abstract:
- ... Agricultural microplastics (MPs) pollution resulting from the widespread and extensive use of polymer-coated fertilizer (PCF) is of great concern. However, little information is currently available concerning the influence of MPs derived from PCF (PCF-MPs) on the crop-soil system. Therefore, we investigated the impacts of PCF-MPs (0, 0.01, 0.1, 1% w/w) on the growth of maize cultivars (ZNT 488 & Z ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128571
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128571
- Author:
- Tahereh Salehpour; Majid Khanali; Ali Rajabipour
- Source:
- Environmental pollution 2020 v.266 pp. 115258
- ISSN:
- 0269-7491
- Subject:
- acidification; carbon dioxide; combustion; diesel fuel; disability-adjusted life year; ecosystems; ecotoxicology; electric energy consumption; environmental assessment; environmental impact; fertilizers; greenhouse production; greenhouses; human health; life cycle assessment; nonrenewable resources; ornamental plants; ozonosphere; pesticides; pollution; sustainable development; Iran
- Abstract:
- ... Improving the environmental impact is a critical factor in achieving sustainable development in agricultural systems. To achieve this goal, the environmental assessment of agricultural products to identify environmental hot-spots and provide strategies for reducing them is essential. In line with that, the current study is performed to assess the environmental impacts of Primrose greenhouse produc ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115258
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115258
- Author:
- Saker Ben Abdallah; Saida Elfkih; Elisa M. Suárez-Rey; Carlos Parra-López; Mercedes Romero-Gámez
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.282 pp. 124526
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- acidification; administrative management; area; climate change; cropping systems; cultivation area; ecological footprint; ecotoxicology; education programs; environmental assessment; environmental impact; eutrophication; farmers; fertilizers; freshwater; fruits; harvesting; integrated crop management; irrigation management; life cycle assessment; oils; olives; pesticides; planting; Tunisia
- Abstract:
- ... Olive cultivation for oil production in Tunisia covers from traditional to innovate cropping systems. The aim of the study was to assess the environmental footprint of the most representative olive growing systems of the actual production of olive fruit in Tunisia, from the planting phase to the full production phase, during a reference period of the life cycle of the olive growth of 50 years. Six ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124526
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124526
- Author:
- Martí Rufí-Salís; Milena J. Calvo; Anna Petit-Boix; Gara Villalba; Xavier Gabarrell
- Source:
- Resources, conservation, and recycling 2020 v.155 pp. 104683
- ISSN:
- 0921-3449
- Subject:
- calcium; carbon dioxide; chemical precipitation; circular economy; cities; decision making; ecosystem services; environmental assessment; environmental performance; eutrophication; fertilizers; food production; global warming; greenhouses; hydroponics; leachates; life cycle assessment; magnesium; metropolitan areas; microfiltration; nutrient management; nutrient requirements; nutrients; phosphorus; plant growth control; population growth; potassium; tomatoes; urban agriculture; Spain
- Abstract:
- ... In light of global population growth and the increasing food demand in cities, new food production strategies have been developed to promote a more resource-efficient urban agriculture. Greenhouses with hydroponic systems have been proposed as sustainable systems for growing food in urban areas with a better control of plant growth. However, nutrient management in hydroponic agricultural systems i ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104683
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104683
- Author:
- Vahideh Eslami; Parisa-Sadat Ashofteh; Parvin Golfam; Hugo A. Loáiciga
- Source:
- Water resources management 2021 v.35 no.12 pp. 4085-4110
- ISSN:
- 0920-4741
- Subject:
- dams (hydrology); environmental assessment; environmental impact; fertilizers; forestry; multi-criteria decision making; pesticides; sewage; waste disposal; water; watershed management; Iran
- Abstract:
- ... Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) of development projects are necessary to minimize negative impacts and maximize benefits. The objective of this paper is to determine the best strategy to mitigate the adverse effects of dam construction with Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) method based on results of EIAs. For this purpose, a group of experts in various pertinent fields was formed, and ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11269-021-02932-1
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-021-02932-1
- Author:
- Cong Men; Ruimin Liu; Libing Xu; Qingrui Wang; Lijia Guo; Yuexi Miao; Zhenyao Shen
- Source:
- Journal of hazardous materials 2020 v.388 pp. 121763
- ISSN:
- 0304-3894
- Subject:
- dust; environmental assessment; fertilizers; fuel combustion; heavy metals; pesticides; risk assessment; spring; toxicity; traffic; China
- Abstract:
- ... To explore the spatial variation of source-specific ecological risks and identify critical sources of heavy metals in road dust, 36 road dust samples collected in Beijing in March 2017 were analyzed for heavy metals. A new method that takes into consideration the heavy-metal toxic response and is flexible to changes in the number of calculated heavy metals, called the Nemerow integrated risk index ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121763
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121763
- Author:
- Nancy Diaz-Elsayed; Nader Rezaei; Awa Ndiaye; Qiong Zhang
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.265 pp. 121598
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- biosolids; cost analysis; decentralization; economic impact; economies of scale; energy recovery; environmental assessment; fertilizers; freshwater; greenhouse gas emissions; heat transfer; life cycle assessment; life cycle costing; nitrous oxide; nutrients; thermal energy; wastewater; wastewater treatment; water power; water reuse; water temperature
- Abstract:
- ... Wastewater is rich with valuable resources available for recovery. Although the resource recovery process can enable the offset of freshwater withdrawals, fertilizer production, and the use of fossil fuels, it comes at a cost. This review focuses on the environmental and economic impacts of recovering water, energy, and nutrients from wastewater. Specifically, life cycle assessments and life cycle ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121598
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.121598
- Author:
- M.H. Khoshgoftar Manesh; A. Rezazadeh; S. Kabiri
- Source:
- Renewable energy 2020 v.159 pp. 87-106
- ISSN:
- 0960-1481
- Subject:
- biogas; biomass; burning; carbon footprint; cost effectiveness; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; feasibility studies; fertilizers; gas production (biological); industry; organic matter; poultry manure; raw materials; Iran
- Abstract:
- ... Biogas is the gas produced by the anaerobic degradation of organic matter. In addition to the usual uses in burning, it has widespread applications as a raw material in some industries. The biomass of organic matter decomposition is a good fertilizer for agriculture. Unfortunately, despite such a large potential for reasons such as the cheapness of energy in Iran, the use of this benefical capacit ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.renene.2020.05.173
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.05.173
- Author:
- Stefania Solinas; Paola A. Deligios; Leonardo Sulas; Gianluca Carboni; Adriana Virdis; Luigi Ledda
- Source:
- European journal of agronomy 2019 v.103 pp. 63-72
- ISSN:
- 1161-0301
- Subject:
- Arundo donax; Silybum marianum; annuals; biomass production; cardoons; crop yield; cropping systems; energy; energy crops; environmental assessment; environmental impact; farmers; fertilizers; food production; irrigated farming; irrigation; life cycle assessment; perennials; Mediterranean region
- Abstract:
- ... Biomass production helps address the worldwide energy demand. However, some controversial issues have been identified such as the possible conflict between the goal of increasing vegetable biomass and food production and the need to limit environmental impacts. In Mediterranean region, where the supply of some natural resources appears significantly limited (e.g., water) and the competition for la ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.eja.2018.11.007
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2018.11.007
- Author:
- Valentina Aristizábal-Marulanda; Carlos A. García-Velásquez; Carlos A. Cardona Alzate
- Source:
- international journal of life cycle assessment 2021 v.26 no.2 pp. 290-310
- ISSN:
- 0948-3349
- Subject:
- biofuels; biorefining; carbon dioxide; coproducts; cradle-to-gate; crop production; electricity; electricity generation; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental performance; ethanol; feedstocks; fertilizers; inventories; seed germination; steam; uncertainty analysis; Colombia
- Abstract:
- ... PURPOSE: Coffee cut-stems (CCS) are typically left in the field after coffee harvesting as fertilizer or used partially for cooking and drying of coffee grains. However, the energy contained in this residue is not completely exploited. For this reason, different applications for CCS have been considered to obtain innovative products. This work aims to evaluate the environmental impact of energy ge ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11367-020-01855-0
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-020-01855-0
- Author:
- Biyensa Gurmessa; Ester Foppa Pedretti; Stefania Cocco; Valeria Cardelli; Giuseppe Corti
- Source:
- Science of the total environment 2020 v.721 pp. 137532
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Subject:
- anaerobic digestion; animal manure management; antibiotic resistance genes; beta-lactams; composting; drying; environmental assessment; fertilizers; fluoroquinolones; gas production (biological); health services; interspersed repetitive sequences; macrolides; microbial ecology; soil; sulfonamides; systematic review; temperature; tetracyclines; veterinary drugs
- Abstract:
- ... This review was aimed to summarize and critically evaluate studies on removal of veterinary antibiotics (VAs), antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and mobile genetic elements (MGEs) with anaerobic digestion (AD) of manure and demonstrate areas of focus for improved removal efficiency. The environmental risks associated to the release of the same were also critically evaluated. The potential of AD a ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137532
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137532
- Author:
- A.A. Cuadri; S. Pérez-Moreno; C.L. Altamar; F.J. Navarro; J.P. Bolívar
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2021 v.283 pp. 124661
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- European Union; bitumen; construction materials; engineering; environmental assessment; fertilizers; foaming; foaming properties; gamma spectrometry; leaching; manufacturing; phosphogypsum; rheological properties; rheology; sulfuric acid; wastes
- Abstract:
- ... The aim of this work was to use phosphogypsum (FY) waste in a sustainable paving practice involving the production of FY-foamed bitumen for road applications. For this proposal, three FY types coming from different fertilizer industries and a reference natural gypsum were used as foaming agents (10 wt%), including a small quantity of sulfuric acid (0.5 wt%) in the foamed bitumen formulation. The f ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124661
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124661
- Author:
- Rui Gaspar; Leonel Pereira; Isabel Sousa-Pinto
- Source:
- Botanica marina 2019 v.62 no.5 pp. 499-525
- ISSN:
- 1437-4323
- Subject:
- agar; educational institutions; environmental assessment; environmental factors; fertilizers; higher education; industry; islands; macroalgae; seaweed culture; shorelines; Azores; Madeira Islands; Portugal
- Abstract:
- ... Continental Portugal and its two archipelagos (Azores Islands and Madeira Islands) present a very interesting and diverse seaweed community. Its great diversity results for example from different environmental conditions such as the latitudinal gradients that affect the continental Portugal coastal shoreline in unique ways. The first Portuguese phycological studies published date from the end of t ...
- DOI:
- 10.1515/bot-2019-0012
- https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2019-0012
18. Antibiotics in animal manure and manure-based fertilizers: Occurrence and ecological risk assessment
- Author:
- Xian Zhou; Jian Wang; Chao Lu; Qihang Liao; Fredrick Owino Gudda; Wanting Ling
- Source:
- Chemosphere 2020 v.255 pp. 127006
- ISSN:
- 0045-6535
- Subject:
- Folsomia; Planococcus citri; agroecosystems; animal manures; antibiotic residues; antibiotics; ciprofloxacin; crops; earthworms; edaphic factors; enrofloxacin; environmental assessment; farms; fertilizers; guidelines; information; livestock; monitoring; occurrence; physicochemical properties; pollutants; risk; sampling; soil ecosystems; sulfachlorpyridazine; sulfamethazine; toxicology; China
- Abstract:
- ... The extensive use of antibiotics globally and their residues in the environment has become a serious concern. Intensive animal farming is considered to be a major contributor to the increased environmental burden of antibiotics. Although some antibiotic investigations have been advancing around the world, as an important agricultural country, the information on these pollutants in animal farms are ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127006
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.127006
- Author:
- Céline Gentil; Claudine Basset-Mens; Sarah Manteaux; Charles Mottes; Emmanuel Maillard; Yannick Biard; Peter Fantke
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.277 pp. 124099
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- application timing; case studies; climate; crop production; developmental stages; ecotoxicology; emissions; environmental assessment; fertilizers; freshwater; fruits; humans; inventories; life cycle assessment; manufacturing; models; packaging; pesticidal properties; pesticide application; pesticide residues; pesticides; soil; tomatoes; toxicity; uncertainty; Martinique
- Abstract:
- ... The environmental evaluation of fruits and vegetables in life cycle assessment (LCA) requires a proper estimation of pesticide emissions and associated (eco-)toxicity impacts. In response, we developed an approach to consistently combine state-of-the-art emission inventory and impact assessment models for assessing human toxicity and freshwater ecotoxicity impacts from pesticide applications, and ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124099
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124099
- Author:
- Jie Cai; Xianli Xia; Haibin Chen; Ting Wang; Huili Zhang
- Source:
- Sustainability 2018 v.10 no.2 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 2071-1050
- Subject:
- data collection; environmental assessment; environmental impact; fertilizer application; fertilizers; food crops; issues and policy; models; monitoring; multiple cropping; phosphorus; planting; risk; risk assessment; China
- Abstract:
- ... In order to fully explore the fertilizer use intensity and its potential threats to the ecological environment, this paper has studied the decomposition of fertilizer use intensity and its environmental risk in China’s grain production. Based on the statistical data collected from 10 provinces during 2004–2015 in China’s grain producing areas, this paper has analyzed the effect of fertilizer use i ...
- DOI:
- 10.3390/su10020498
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su10020498
- Author:
- Guanyi Yin; Xilong Jiang; Jin Sun; Menglong Qiu
- Source:
- Environmental science and pollution research international 2020 v.27 no.8 pp. 8271-8284
- ISSN:
- 0944-1344
- Subject:
- agricultural land; arable soils; case studies; cities; crops; environmental assessment; farm income; farmers; fertilizers; households; issues and policy; land use; pesticides; questionnaires; China
- Abstract:
- ... Under the rapid social-economic development process, the income structure and arable land size among rural households are facing with increasing differentiation in China. How the regional-scale arable land use intensity and environmental risk triggered by the rural households’ differentiation would be is a question that has not been widely discussed. To fill this research gap, this study establish ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11356-019-07537-1
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-019-07537-1
- Author:
- Majid Radfard; Masud Yunesian; Ramin Nabizadeh; Hamed Biglari; Shahrokh Nazmara; Mahdi Hadi; Nader Yousefi; Mahmood Yousefi; Abbas Abbasnia; Amir Hossein Mahvi
- Source:
- Human and ecological risk assessment 2019 v.25 no.4 pp. 949-965
- ISSN:
- 1549-7860
- Subject:
- adverse effects; anions; arsenic; chlorine; drinking water; environmental assessment; fertilizers; groundwater; health effects assessments; heavy metals; magnesium; neoplasms; pesticides; pollutants; risk; sewage systems; sludge; sodium; solid wastes; sulfates; waste disposal; water pollution; water quality; Iran; Pakistan
- Abstract:
- ... Access to drinking water is one of the most important indicators determined by the World Health Organization (WHO). This investigation surveyed the concentration of various pollutants in drinking water and its health risk attribute to Arsenic in Sistan and Baluchistan province, Iran. Water samples were collected from ground water and analyzed for physical parameters, anions, and heavy metals using ...
- DOI:
- 10.1080/10807039.2018.1458210
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2018.1458210
- Author:
- Glaydson S. dos Reis; Pascal S. Thue; Bogdan G. Cazacliu; Eder C. Lima; Carlos Hoffmann Sampaio; Marco Quattrone; Ekaterina Ovsyannikova; Andrea Kruse; Guillherme L. Dotto
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2020 v.256 pp. 120416
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- adsorbents; adsorption; calcium; calcium carbonate; calcium hydroxide; calcium oxide; carbonation; concrete; environmental assessment; fertilizers; heavy metals; ions; irrigation; irrigation water; models; monitoring; pH; phosphates; slurries; soil; solid wastes
- Abstract:
- ... Concrete slurry is an abundant, cheap, and commonly found waste all over the world where construction activities take place; concrete slurry, which is rich in calcium and metallic oxides, could be successfully employed in the phosphate (P) removal from aqueous media.For the first time, the effect of the carbonation process on concrete adsorbent properties and how it can influence on the removal of ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120416
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120416
- Author:
- K. Brindha; Paul Pavelic; Touleelor Sotoukee
- Source:
- Groundwater for sustainable development 2019 v.8 pp. 24-30
- ISSN:
- 2352-801X
- Subject:
- bacterial contamination; boiling; drinking; electrical conductivity; environmental assessment; fertilizers; filtration; groundwater; leaching; monitoring; nitrates; plant growth; sewage; soil; soil quality; stakeholders; surveys; sustainable development; water quality; water resources; Laos
- Abstract:
- ... A water and soil quality baseline study was carried out across the ~ 4500 km2 Vientiane Plain in Lao PDR. Eight water quality and nine soil parameters were analysed using field kits at 95 sites in March 2015. Elevated electrical conductivity and chloride were apparent at two sites due to geogenic leaching from the marine rock-salt present in some areas. Groundwater was acidic in most locations. Ni ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.gsd.2018.08.005
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2018.08.005
- Author:
- Martí Rufí-Salís; Anna Petit-Boix; Gara Villalba; Mireia Ercilla-Montserrat; David Sanjuan-Delmás; Felipe Parada; Verónica Arcas; Joan Muñoz-Liesa; Xavier Gabarrell
- Source:
- international journal of life cycle assessment 2020 v.25 no.3 pp. 564-576
- ISSN:
- 0948-3349
- Subject:
- Lactuca sativa; Phaseolus vulgaris; Solanum lycopersicum; arugula; autumn; beans; carbon dioxide; carbon footprint; crops; eco-efficiency; economic valuation; emissions; environmental assessment; environmental factors; environmental impact; environmental performance; equipment; eutrophication; fertigation; fertilizers; food availability; food supply chain; freshwater; greenhouses; harvesting; hydroponics; infrastructure; lettuce; life cycle assessment; markets; nitrogen; nutritive value; phosphorus; spinach; tomatoes; urban agriculture; vegetable growing; water harvesting; wholesale marketing; winter; Mediterranean region
- Abstract:
- ... PURPOSE: Rooftop greenhouses (RTGs) are agricultural systems that can improve the food supply chain by producing vegetables in unused urban spaces. However, to date, environmental assessments of RTGs have only focused on specific crops, without considering the impacts resulting from seasonality, combinations of crops and nonoperational time. We analyze vegetable production in an RTG over 4 years t ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11367-019-01724-5
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-019-01724-5
- Author:
- Christian W. Klampfl
- Source:
- Trends in analytical chemistry 2019 v.111 pp. 13-26
- ISSN:
- 0165-9936
- Subject:
- biosolids; drug residues; environmental assessment; fertilizers; humans; irrigation; metabolites; sewage treatment; soil
- Abstract:
- ... Residues of pharmaceuticals are ubiquitous in the environment, due to the increased use of drugs for treating humans and animals. If in agriculture water or biosolids from sewage treatment plants or manure from treated animals are used for irrigation or as a fertilizer respectively, drug residues may come into contact with plants. Subsequently these substances may be taken up, be translocated and ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.trac.2018.11.042
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2018.11.042
- Author:
- Shengchen Wang; Xiaojing Li; Wei Wang; Hongfu Zhang; Shiwen Xu
- Source:
- Science of the total environment 2019 v.696 pp. 134035
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Subject:
- ammonia; antioxidant activity; antioxidant enzymes; breathing; broiler chickens; environmental assessment; fertilizers; gene expression regulation; gene ontology; genes; inflammation; jejunum; microtubules; microvilli; neutrophils; nutrition; oxidative stress; ranching; risk assessment; toxicity; transcriptome; transcriptomics; transporters
- Abstract:
- ... Ammonia (NH₃), an inhaled harmful gas, is not only an important volatile in fertilizer production and ranching, but also the main basic component of haze. However, the effect and mechanism of NH₃ on the intestines are still unclear. To investigate the intestinal toxicity of NH₃ inhalation, morphological changes, transcriptome profiles and oxidative stress indicators of jejunum in broiler chicken e ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134035
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134035
- Author:
- Wenting Jiang; Xiaohu Liu; Xiukang Wang; Yuan Yin
- Source:
- Agronomy 2019 v.9 no.6 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 2073-4395
- Subject:
- agricultural development; environmental assessment; fertilizer application; fertilizers; field experimentation; grain yield; grains; harvest index; models; nitrogen; nutrient content; nutrient deficiencies; nutrient uptake; phosphorus; planting; potassium; quantitative analysis; soybeans; straw; tropical soils; China
- Abstract:
- ... The balance between fertilizer application and plant nutrient demand is essential for ensuring agricultural production because it is effective to prevent nutrient deficiency and excess, especially for soybean. This study used data from 29 sites of field experiments carried out in the soybean planting area of Liaoning province, China in 2011 to 2013. We (i) study the characteristics of yield, nutri ...
- DOI:
- 10.3390/agronomy9060310
- https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9060310
29. Comparative life cycle assessment of biowaste to resource management systems – A Danish case study
- Author:
- M. Thomsen; M. Seghetta; M.H. Mikkelsen; S. Gyldenkærne; T. Becker; D. Caro; P. Frederiksen
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2017 v.142 pp. 4050-4058
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- biogas; carbon dioxide; case studies; combustion; electricity; energy; environmental assessment; environmental performance; eutrophication; fertilizers; freshwater; greenhouse gas emissions; heat production; life cycle assessment; management systems; pollutants; resource management; terrestrial ecosystems; waste management; wastes; Denmark
- Abstract:
- ... Waste to Energy combustion plants currently process most of the organic fraction of the household waste. This study presents an assessment of the environmental performance of an increased circular bioresource management system obtained by reallocating the organic fraction of the household waste from combustion (Reference Scenario) to biogas and fertilizer production (Alternative Scenario). The goa ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.034
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.034
30. Environmental Assessment of Electricity Based on Straight Jatropha Oil on Floreana Island, Ecuador
- Author:
- Marilyn Muñoz Mayorga; Israel Herrera Orozco; Yolanda Lechón Pérez; Natalia Caldés Gomez; Eva Iglesias Martínez
- Source:
- BioEnergy research 2018 v.11 no.1 pp. 123-138
- ISSN:
- 1939-1234
- Subject:
- Jatropha; biofuels; combustion; electricity; electricity generation; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental performance; fertilizers; fossil fuels; fruits; life cycle assessment; oils; raw materials; transportation; Ecuador; Galapagos Islands
- Abstract:
- ... The Renewable Energies for Galápagos (ERGAL) project was launched in Ecuador as part of the “Zero fossil fuels on the Galápagos Islands” initiative. The ERGAL project strategy includes the “Jatropha for Galápagos” pilot project, which seeks to generate electricity from jatropha oil (JO) extracted from wild jatropha bushes, which are harvested by small-scale jatropha suppliers. Using life-cycle ana ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s12155-017-9883-y
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-017-9883-y
- Author:
- Oana Mititelu-Ionuș; Daniel Simulescu; Simona Mariana Popescu
- Source:
- Environmental monitoring and assessment 2019 v.191 no.8 pp. 501
- ISSN:
- 0167-6369
- Subject:
- European Union; agri-environmental policy; animal husbandry; beef; case studies; environmental assessment; environmental factors; fertilizers; fields; geographic information systems; groundwater; groundwater contamination; humans; land use; livestock; livestock production; models; nitrates; nitrogen; nonpoint source pollution; nutrients; pesticides; phosphorus; pollution control; soil permeability; soil texture; soil types; statistics; water resources; water table; Romania
- Abstract:
- ... Diffuse pollution of water resources from agricultural sources is a major environmental issue in Europe. The nutrients released in groundwater from cultivated fields and livestock production, together with pesticides, are the main source of concern in the framework of the European Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC). Southern Romania continues to represent one of the most important cereal production a ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s10661-019-7648-0
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-019-7648-0
- Author:
- David Sanjuan-Delmás; Pere Llorach-Massana; Ana Nadal; Mireia Ercilla-Montserrat; Pere Muñoz; Juan Ignacio Montero; Alejandro Josa; Xavier Gabarrell; Joan Rieradevall
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.177 pp. 326-337
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- air; autumn; carbon dioxide; cities; crops; energy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; environmental performance; equipment; fertilizers; food production; greenhouses; heat; industrial ecology; infrastructure; packaging; rain; temperature; tomatoes; urban areas; vertical farming; water harvesting; water supply
- Abstract:
- ... Vertical farming is emerging as an effective measure to grow food in buildings and can increase food production in urban areas in a more sustainable manner. This study presents a comprehensive environmental assessment of food production in an integrated rooftop greenhouse (i-RTG) – an innovative vertical farm consisting of a rooftop greenhouse connected to a building – and considers rainwater, res ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.147
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.12.147
- Author:
- Frieder Graef; Götz Uckert; Jana Schindler; Hannes Jochen König; Hadijah A. Mbwana; Anja Fasse; Lutengano Mwinuka; Henry Mahoo; Laurent N. Kaburire; Paul Saidia; Yusto Mugisha Yustas; Valerian Silayo; Bashir Makoko; Luitfred Kissoly; Christine Lambert; Anthony Kimaro; Stefan Sieber; Harry Hoffmann; Frederick C. Kahimba; Khamaldin D. Mutabazi
- Source:
- Food security 2017 v.9 no.6 pp. 1255-1270
- ISSN:
- 1876-4517
- Subject:
- crop production; economic impact; environmental assessment; farmers; fertilizers; food security; income; kitchen gardens; marketing; nutritive value; research projects; scientists; socioeconomics; supply chain; water harvesting; weed control; Tanzania
- Abstract:
- ... Subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa are highly vulnerable to food insecurity given their low adaptive capacity against ecological and socio-economic shocks. Therefore, food security is one of their main challenges. Participatory action research across food value chains (FVCs) can help stabilize and enhance food security by developing upgrading strategies (UPS) that enhance specific aspects o ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s12571-016-0639-x
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-016-0639-x
- Author:
- Zhivko Zhelev; Stefan Tsonev; Katerina Georgieva; Desislava Arnaudova
- Source:
- Environmental science and pollution research international 2018 v.25 no.8 pp. 7884-7895
- ISSN:
- 0944-1344
- Subject:
- Pelophylax; agroecosystems; cages; crop production; environmental assessment; eosinophilia; erythrocytes; fertilizers; frogs; habitats; health status; hematologic tests; leukocytes; paddies; pesticides; pollution; rivers; Bulgaria
- Abstract:
- ... Pollution effects on haematological parameters in Pelophylax ridibundus individuals were investigated; animals were collected from two sites in Southern Bulgaria: the Tsalapitsa rice fields (RF) and the Vacha river (reference site, RS). Blood analysis showed significant differences between the haematological parameters of RBC, WBC, Hb, packed cell volume (PCV) and frogs’ leucogram from RF and thos ...
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11356-017-1109-5
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-1109-5
- Author:
- Carmen Ferrara; Giovanni De Feo
- Source:
- Sustainability 2018 v.10 no.2 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 2071-1050
- Subject:
- bottles; environmental assessment; fertilizers; glass; inventories; life cycle assessment; packaging; pesticides; viticulture; wines
- Abstract:
- ... Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a powerful tool that allows evaluation of the environmental performances of a product, service or process considering the whole life cycle or a part of it. In the wine sector, the application of LCA has grown significantly in recent years and several studies have been carried out about this topic that are similar to other research fields. Nowadays, LCA is an importan ...
- DOI:
- 10.3390/su10020395
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su10020395
- Author:
- Ignacio A. Fernández-Coppel; Anderson Barbosa-Evaristo; Adriana Corrêa-Guimarães; Jesús Martín-Gil; Luis M. Navas-Gracia; Pablo Martín-Ramos
- Source:
- Industrial crops and products 2018 v.125 pp. 556-566
- ISSN:
- 0926-6690
- Subject:
- Acrocomia aculeata; Elaeis guineensis; biofuels; carbon dioxide; climate change; coproducts; domestication; ecosystems; energy; energy crops; environmental assessment; fertilizers; fruits; fuel production; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; harvesting; human health; land use change; life cycle assessment; liquids; oils; temperature; uncertainty
- Abstract:
- ... The 450 Scenario, which limits the increase in global average temperature to 2 °C, makes it necessary to take steps towards a low-carbon economy. Since the energy sector is a major contribution to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the production of biofuels can play a key role in strategies aimed at climate change mitigation. In this regard, the oil derived from macauba palm (Acrocomia ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.09.036
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2018.09.036
- Author:
- Kavvada Olga; Tarpeh William A.; Horvath Arpad; Nelson Kara L.
- Source:
- Environmental Science & Technology 2017 v.51 no.21 pp. 12061-12071
- ISSN:
- 1520-5851
- Subject:
- buildings; case studies; energy; environmental assessment; fertilizers; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; ion exchange; models; nitrogen; nitrogen content; politics; resins; sulfuric acid; transportation; urban areas; urine; wastewater
- Abstract:
- ... Nitrogen standards for discharge of wastewater effluent into aquatic bodies are becoming more stringent, requiring some treatment plants to reduce effluent nitrogen concentrations. This study aimed to assess, from a life-cycle perspective, an innovative decentralized approach to nitrogen recovery: ion exchange of source-separated urine. We modeled an approach in which nitrogen from urine at indivi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1021/acs.est.7b02244
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.7b02244
- Author:
- Qiang Xu; Xiaolong Wang; Bo Xiao; Kelin Hu
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2019 v.208 pp. 188-198
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- agricultural machinery and equipment; coculture; cost benefit analysis; crabs; crop production; economic impact; economic sustainability; emergy; environmental assessment; environmental performance; fertilizers; financial economics; food production; forage; labor; rice; subsidies; sustainable development; watersheds; China
- Abstract:
- ... Irrational rice planting–breeding modes may result in serious ecological and environmental issues and unsustainable agriculture. In this study, economic benefits combined with emergy analysis were used to evaluate the environmental and economic performances of three rice production modes, namely, rice monoculture (RM), conventional rice-crab (CRC) and optimized rice-crab (ORC) modes, in Panjin Cit ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.092
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.092
- Author:
- Guillermo Pardo; Raúl Moral; Agustín del Prado
- Source:
- Science of the total environment 2017 v.574 pp. 806-817
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Subject:
- agricultural wastes; anaerobic digestion; animal manure management; biogas; climate; environmental assessment; environmental performance; feedstocks; fertilizers; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; issues and policy; life cycle assessment; mineralization; models; stakeholders
- Abstract:
- ... On-farm anaerobic digestion (AD) has been promoted due to its improved environmental performance, which is based on a number of life cycle assessments (LCA). However, the influence of site-specific conditions and practices on AD performance is rarely captured in LCA studies and the effects on C and N cycles are often overlooked. In this paper, a new model for AD (SIMSWASTE-AD) is described in full ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.096
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.09.096
- Author:
- Matteo Bordiga; Fabiano Travaglia; Monica Locatelli
- Source:
- International journal of food science & technology 2019 v.54 no.4 pp. 933-942
- ISSN:
- 0950-5423
- Subject:
- byproducts; effluents; environmental assessment; fertilizers; grape pomace; solid wastes; sustainable technology; wastewater; winemaking
- Abstract:
- ... Traditionally, wine production has been assumed as an environmentally friendly process. However, it requires a considerable amount of resources (e.g. water, fertilisers and organic amendments), and, at the same time, producing a large amount of waste and by‐products. Environmental analysis of the wine making process reports that organic solid wastes and wastewater represent the main effluents of t ...
- DOI:
- 10.1111/ijfs.14118
- https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.14118
- Author:
- Khald Blau; Laia Casadevall; Birgit Wolters; Tina Van den Meersche; Robert Kreuzig; Kornelia Smalla; Sven Jechalke
- Source:
- FEMS microbiology ecology 2018 v.94 no.2 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 1574-6941
- Subject:
- DNA; agricultural soils; antibiotic resistance; antibiotic resistance genes; bacterial communities; community structure; denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis; doxycycline; environmental assessment; fertilizers; interspersed repetitive sequences; loam soils; manure spreading; nutrients; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; ribosomal RNA; risk; risk assessment; sandy soils; soil bacteria; streptomycin; veterinary drugs
- Abstract:
- ... Veterinary antibiotics, bacteria carrying antibiotic resistance determinants located on mobile genetic elements and nutrients are spread on agricultural soil using manure as fertilizer. However, systematic quantitative studies linking antibiotic concentrations and antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) in manure and the environment are scarce but needed to assess environmental risks. In this microc ...
- DOI:
- 10.1093/femsec/fix145
- https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fix145
- Author:
- Li Xu; Stephen Lofts; Yonglong Lu
- Source:
- Ecosystem health and sustainability 2016 v.2 no.5 pp. e01214
- ISSN:
- 2332-8878
- Subject:
- animal manures; atmospheric deposition; cadmium; copper; dissolved organic carbon; dynamic models; environmental assessment; environmental health; fertilizers; irrigation; monitoring; risk; risk assessment; soil pH; soil pollution; terrestrial ecosystems; topsoil; toxicity; watersheds; zinc
- Abstract:
- ... Metal contamination of soils may pose long‐term risks to ecosystem health if not properly managed. Future projection of contamination trends, coupled with ecological assessment, is needed to assess such risks. This can be achieved by coupling dynamic models of soil metal accumulation and loss with risk assessment on the basis of projected metal levels. In this study, we modeled the long‐term dynam ...
- DOI:
- 10.1002/ehs2.1214
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ehs2.1214
- Author:
- Carla Caldeira; Paula Quinteiro; Erica Castanheira; Anne-Marie Boulay; Ana C. Dias; Luís Arroja; Fausto Freire
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2018 v.195 pp. 1190-1202
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- acidification; aquatic ecosystems; biodiesel; climatic factors; cooking fats and oils; ecotoxicology; environmental assessment; environmental impact; eutrophication; feedstocks; fertilizers; freshwater; fuel production; humans; kitchen waste; oil crops; palm oils; pesticides; plant cultural practices; rapeseed oil; soybean oil; toxicity; vegetable oil; water footprint; water quality; water security; water shortages; water stress
- Abstract:
- ... This paper compares the water footprint profiles of four feedstocks used for biodiesel production: palm, soya, rapeseed and waste cooking oil (WCO). The profiles include: (a) a water scarcity footprint related to freshwater consumption impacts and (b) a water quality degradation footprint related to freshwater degradation impacts. The water scarcity footprint was assessed using two impact assessme ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.221
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.221
- Author:
- D.O. Ferraro; P. Benzi
- Source:
- Ecological modelling 2015 v.306 pp. 121-129
- ISSN:
- 0304-3800
- Subject:
- corn; cultivars; double cropping; emergy; environmental assessment; environmental impact; fertilizers; intensive cropping; no-tillage; production technology; solar energy; soybeans; temporal variation; time series analysis; wheat; working conditions; Argentina
- Abstract:
- ... By tracking the different flows of emergy (the total amount of solar energy that was directly or indirectly required in a production process) it is possible to account for all environmental work previously involved in generating a resource, product or service. This donor-side perspective for environmental assessment has the advantage over usual economic and energy analysis in the ability to value ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.06.016
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.06.016
- Author:
- Li Xu; Anxiang Lu; Jihua Wang; Zhihong Ma; Ligang Pan; Xiaoyuan Feng
- Source:
- Human and ecological risk assessment 2016 v.22 no.1 pp. 265-278
- ISSN:
- 1549-7860
- Subject:
- adults; application rate; arsenic; cadmium; children; copper; cropland; environmental assessment; fertilizers; greenhouse soils; greenhouses; heavy metals; land use; lead; mercury; nickel; orchard soils; orchards; principal component analysis; risk; risk assessment; soil sampling; woodland soils; zinc; China
- Abstract:
- ... Heavy metal concentrations of As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn were investigated for 107 soil samples collected from crop land, orchard land, greenhouse land, and wood land in the peri-urban area of Beijing, China. The mean concentrations of As, Cd, Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn in all soil samples were 8.40, 0.20, 24.7, 0.08, 25.0, 23.0, and 77.1 mg/kg, dw, respectively. Among the four land use types, the ...
- DOI:
- 10.1080/10807039.2015.1060408
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2015.1060408
- Author:
- Ana Lúcia Feitoza Freire; Celso Pires de Araújo Júnior; Morsyleide de Freitas Rosa; José Adolfo de Almeida Neto; Maria Cléa Brito de Figueirêdo
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2017 v.153 pp. 230-241
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- effluents; coir; market value; transportation; irrigation; wood; models; new products; byproducts; environmental performance; hulls; urea formaldehyde; life cycle assessment; coconuts; environmental impact; environmental assessment; biobased products; fiberboards
- Abstract:
- ... Fiberboards made from agro-industrial residues have been developed recently to add value to residues and decrease demand for wood and its byproducts. Nonetheless, new bioproducts made from residues are not inherently beneficial to the environment and bring no guarantee of improved efficiency in the use of resources, when compared to standard products. The impacts of these new bioproducts shall be ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.100
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.03.100
- Author:
- Valentina Fantin; Serena Righi; Irene Rondini; Paolo Masoni
- Source:
- Journal of cleaner production 2017 v.140 pp. 631-643
- ISSN:
- 0959-6526
- Subject:
- cleaning; corn; crop production; crops; data collection; emissions; environmental assessment; environmental impact; farmers; farms; fertilizers; life cycle assessment; nitrogen; pesticides; wheat
- Abstract:
- ... Standard ISO Life Cycle Assessment methodology was applied to the production of wheat and maize in an Italian farmers' cooperative, with the aim to assess the potential environmental impacts throughout the life cycle of these crops as well as to identify the hotspots in the production chains. The functional units were 1 tonne of wheat and maize, respectively and system boundaries were from cradle ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.136
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.136
- Author:
- Sirja Hukari; Ludwig Hermann; Anders Nättorp
- Source:
- Science of the total environment 2016 v.542 pp. 1127-1135
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Subject:
- European Union; decision making; environmental assessment; fertilizer industry; fertilizers; market regulations; markets; phosphorus; recycling; subsidies; wastewater; wastewater treatment; water purification
- Abstract:
- ... The present paper is based on an analysis of the EU legislation regulating phosphorus recovery and recycling from wastewater stream, in particular as fertiliser. To recover phosphorus, operators need to deal with market regulations, health and environment protection laws. Often, several permits and lengthy authorisation processes for both installation (e.g. environmental impact assessment) and the ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.064
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.09.064
- Author:
- Wim Paas; Argyris Kanellopoulos; Gerrie van de Ven; Pytrik Reidsma
- Source:
- Netherlands journal of agricultural science 2016 v.78 pp. 35-45
- ISSN:
- 1573-5214
- Subject:
- adverse effects; climate; climate change; cows; dairy farming; economic sustainability; environmental assessment; fertilizers; income; input prices; issues and policy; land use; large farms; markets; milk; models; profits and margins; socioeconomics; technological change; temperature; watersheds; Netherlands
- Abstract:
- ... Climate and socio-economic change will affect the land use and the economic viability of Dutch dairy farms. Explorations of future scenarios, which include different drivers and impacts, are needed to perform ex-ante policy assessment. This study uses a bio-economic farm model to assess impacts of climate and socio-economic change on dairy farms in a sandy area in the Netherlands. Farm data from t ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.njas.2015.12.004
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.njas.2015.12.004
50. Environmental assessment of demarcated bed-grown organic greenhouse tomatoes using renewable energy
- Author:
- M. Dorais; A. Anton; J. I. Montero; M. Torrellas
- Source:
- Acta horticulturae 2014 no.1041 pp. 291-298
- ISSN:
- 0567-7572
- Subject:
- system boundary; equipment; developmental stages; raw materials; global warming; computer software; waste management; greenhouses; tomatoes; carbon dioxide; packaging; production technology; farms; infrastructure; organic production; fossil fuels; nutrient management; climate; energy; renewable energy sources; greenhouse production; eutrophication; environmental assessment; biomass; pesticides; acidification; wood; fertilizers; environmental impact; Quebec
- Abstract:
- ... The environmental impacts associated with fossil energy use, in addition to water and fertilization management continue to be major concerns for Northern greenhouse production systems. To reduce the environmental impacts of greenhouse farming under Northern climate conditions and to maintain its competitiveness, the use of renewable energy sources and suitable nutrient management are becoming esse ...