Importance Of Waste Biomass From Household, Agricultural And Industrial Waste For A Sustainable Farming System

2000 ◽  
pp. 307-308
Author(s):  
Maria Zlateva Doicheva
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Waste Biomass ◽  
Sustainable Farming

Editorial

2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. I
Author(s):  
H M Burrow ◽  
S G Coffey
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Group Method ◽  
Sustainable Farming ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Farmer Knowledge

In Australia, the work being carried out on sustainability indicators has become an industry on its own. This paper firstly provides an introduction that reviews the literature on indicator development and use, particularly in relation to agricultural production systems. A number of reasons for the limited use of indicators by farmers are mentioned. Secondly, a focus group study involving farmers from two dryland cropping areas in Queensland to investigate sustainability indicators and sustainable farming systems is presented. The indicators the participants identified during focus groups included indicators that reflect (i)farming system components, (ii) the management of these components, (iii) the management of all components and their interrelationships at the systems level, and (iv) the external factors that influence and interact with this systems level. Focus group analysis also showed that the participants perceived sustainability as an on-going process and a sustainable farming system as dynamic and emergent in nature. The implications of these findings are discussed. Three key issues were raised (i) the value of farmer knowledge with respect to the development of indicators has often been ignored; (ii) there are links between indicators developed through traditional science and those being used by farmers; and (iii) off-farm indicators used by farmers may be very useful in policy development at a variety of levels (e.g. catchment, regional, national, global). The focus group method involving farmers provided a useful way to gain insights about farmer perceptions and for farmers to learn from each other during the research process.

scholarly journals Is conservation agriculture a potential option for cereal-based sustainable farming system in the Eastern Indo-Gangetic Plains of Nepal?

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1557582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dipendra Pokharel ◽  
Raj Kant Jha ◽  
Thakur Prasad Tiwari ◽  
Mahesh Kumar Gathala ◽  
Hari Krishna Shrestha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conservation Agriculture ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Sustainable Farming ◽  
Gangetic Plains ◽  
Potential Option

The sustainability indicator industry:where to from here? A focus group study to explore the potential of farmer participation in the development of indicators

2000 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 631 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. King ◽  
J. Gunton ◽  
D. Freebairn ◽  
J. Coutts ◽  
I. Webb
Keyword(s):  
Focus Group ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Group Analysis ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Group Method ◽  
Sustainable Farming ◽  
Focus Group Study ◽  
Farmer Knowledge

In Australia, the work being carried out on sustainability indicators has become an industry on its own. This paper firstly provides an introduction that reviews the literature on indicator development and use, particularly in relation to agricultural production systems. A number of reasons for the limited use of indicators by farmers are mentioned. Secondly, a focus group study involving farmers from two dryland cropping areas in Queensland to investigate sustainability indicators and sustainable farming systems is presented. The indicators the participants identified during focus groups included indicators that reflect (i)farming system components, (ii) the management of these components, (iii) the management of all components and their interrelationships at the systems level, and (iv) the external factors that influence and interact with this systems level. Focus group analysis also showed that the participants perceived sustainability as an on-going process and a sustainable farming system as dynamic and emergent in nature. The implications of these findings are discussed. Three key issues were raised (i) the value of farmer knowledge with respect to the development of indicators has often been ignored; (ii) there are links between indicators developed through traditional science and those being used by farmers; and (iii) off-farm indicators used by farmers may be very useful in policy development at a variety of levels (e.g. catchment, regional, national, global). The focus group method involving farmers provided a useful way to gain insights about farmer perceptions and for farmers to learn from each other during the research process.

Effective biodecolorization potential of surface modified lignocellulosic industrial waste biomass

2015 ◽  
Vol 259 ◽  
pp. 286-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sibel Tunali Akar ◽  
Dilek Yilmazer ◽  
Sema Celik ◽  
Yasemin Yetimoglu Balk ◽  
Tamer Akar
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Waste Biomass ◽  
Surface Modified

Overview Regarding Synthetic Gas Production by Biomass Gasification

2021 ◽  
pp. 70-104
Author(s):  
Alin Corbu ◽  
Maria Simona Raboaca ◽  
Sudeep Tanwar
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Biomass Gasification ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Metabolic Process ◽  
Waste Biomass ◽  
Gaseous Fuels ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
Synthetic Gas ◽  
Plant Substances

The renewable energy for the production of syngas (synthetic gas) by gasification of biomass has specific features and objectives. The present chapter aims to describe the specific features of renewable energy for the production of syngas by gasification of biomass. The specific objective refers to the study of the equipment for the production of synthetic gaseous fuels (syngas) by gasification of biomass. The “biomass” term can be defined generically as the biodegradable part of agricultural products, residues and waste, gathering both animal and plant substances, wood industry, and also the biodegradable component of urban and industrial waste. Biomass sources are the most found renewable resources on Earth, also including all the organic components resulted from the organism's metabolic process, being the first resource of energy man has used, since the discovery of fire.

Experimental analysis on anaerobic digestion of industrial waste biomass

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Sathish ◽  
R. Balaji ◽  
S. M. Shafee ◽  
C. Mageswaran
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Experimental Analysis ◽  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Waste Biomass

scholarly journals Biostimulants and cherry rootstock increased tomato fruit yield and quality in sustainable farming systems

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Caradonia ◽  
Domenico Ronga ◽  
Alessia Flore ◽  
Riccardo Barbieri ◽  
Lionel Moulin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Field Experiments ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Total Yield ◽  
Farming Systems ◽  
Single Species ◽  
Farming System ◽  
Fruit Yield ◽  
Sustainable Farming ◽  
Processing Tomato ◽  
Yield And Quality

Nowadays one of the main challenges in agriculture is to increase crop yield and quality in a sustainable way. Organic farming system (OFS) is considered more eco-friendly than the conventional farming system (CFS). However, cash crops showed a reduced yield when cultivated in OFS, and among them processing tomato reported the highest yield gap between OFS and CFS. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate, both in greenhouse and field experiments, the combined effects of a cherry rootstock, genotype ‘Tomito’, and the applications of different microbial biostimulants (single species and consortia). The agronomic performance of a commercial processing tomato genotype, ‘H3402’, was assessed in order to increase fruit yield and quality in sustainable farming systems. In greenhouse experiment, the use of ‘Tomito’ as rootstock highlighted both the highest plant height (35 cm) and leaf chlorophyll content (25.20), while plants inoculated with A. brasiliensis showed the highest number of flowers (4.5). In field experiment, the combined use of grafting and microbial biostimulants increased marketable (on average 2.3 kg plant–1) and total yield (on average 2.5 kg plant–1) in comparison with the genotype ‘H3402’. All the investigated treatments reduced the number of fruits affected by blossom-end rot (on average –4.7 fruits plant–1), and A. brasiliensis also improved the fruit solid soluble content, recording values of 6.23 °Brix and 3.54 of Brix t ha–1.

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