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Gilani, Haris R., and John L. Innes. "The State of British Columbia’s Forests: A Global Comparison." Forests 11, no. 3 (March 13, 2020): 316. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/f11030316.

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The Forest Resources Assessment 2015 is a comprehensive dataset from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), which provides the opportunity to explore some of the emerging topics related to sustainable forest management. This paper assesses how forests in British Columbia, Canada, compare globally on several key sustainable forest management parameters in four domains—biophysical indicators and legal framework, management plans, data management, and stakeholder involvement. The comparison was done against eight jurisdictions, namely Australia, China, Japan, the European Union, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and the USA. To accomplish our objectives, country-specific data on sustainable forest management parameters were extracted from the 2015 FAO’s Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA). Data specific to B.C. were sourced from Canada’s National Forest Inventory, and National Forest Database. Our results showed that British Columbia (B.C.) has one of the highest proportions of land covered with forests (57%) among all jurisdictions. The total forest area in B.C. has remained stable at around 55 million ha. The current rate of deforestation (6200 ha per year) is among the lowest in all jurisdictions. Data on the extent of primary forests in B.C. is unavailable. However, 22.6 million ha (41% of B.C.′s forests) have been classified as old growth forests (using a definition unique to B.C.). B.C. is the leading provincial forest producer by volume, and produced 67.97 million m3 of roundwood in 2015. With approximately 11 billion m3 of standing timber, roundwood production volume has held steady since 1990. In British Columbia, the National Forest Inventory—British Columbia Program (NFI-B.C.) is used to track and monitor the current status of the forests. It involves both ground plots and remote sensing. The most recent B.C. State of the Forests is one of the most comprehensive reports among all jurisdictions, using 24 topic areas, with each topic comprising several indicators of sustainable forest management. We conclude that British Columbia ranks high among other jurisdictions on several key sustainable forest management parameters with legislation and forest management regimes aiming to meet the environmental, social and economic needs of current and future generations.
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Hill, Stuart B., and Rod J. MacRae. "Developing sustainable agriculture education in Canada." Agriculture and Human Values 5, no. 4 (September 1988): 92–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02217652.

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Karbasioun, Mostafa. "Sustainable Agriculture in Canada and Cuba: A Comparison." Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension 16, no. 3 (September 2010): 335–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1389224x.2010.489773.

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Hiranandani, Vanmala. "Sustainable agriculture in Canada and Cuba: a comparison." Environment, Development and Sustainability 12, no. 5 (December 10, 2009): 763–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-009-9223-2.

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Kooten, G. C., and George Kennedy. "An Economic Perspective on Sustainable Agriculture in Western Canada." Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie 38, no. 4 (December 1990): 741–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7976.1990.tb03509.x.

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Cheruku, Dr Jeevan Kumar, and Vishal Katekar. "HARNESSING DIGITAL AGRICULTURE TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE IN INDIA: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES." Administrative Development 'A Journal of HIPA, Shimla' 8, SI-1 (October 6, 2021): 215–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.53338/adhipa2021.v08.si01.13.

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Agriculture in India faces an unprecedented challenge. As a signatory to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), India must end hunger by 2030. Achievement of this goal hinges on finding viable solutions to make farming a sustainable source of income generation by adopting sustainable agricultural practices. A survey of the literature reveals that digital technologies offer promising results to farmers globally. However, India lags in the adoption of digital technologies in agriculture. The paper identifies opportunities in promoting the development and adoption of digital agriculture technologies. It analyses policy interventions of the Government of India, such as Digital Agriculture and Precision Agriculture, to make the agriculture sector more sustainable in terms of economic, environmental, and societal perspectives. This research paper discusses barriers to their adoption and provides policy suggestions. It is an analytical paper based on a survey of literature that is secondary sources such as books, research articles, and policy documents, reports published by various government and non-government organizations, online databases, and discussion papers. Thematic analysis was used to identify sustainable agriculture dimensions and discover opportunities and challenges in using digital agriculture technologies.
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Sari, Ike Purnama, and Salina Kassim. "The Role of Islamic Crowd-Investing for Sustainable Agriculture in Indonesia." Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi 10, no. 2 (July 23, 2021): 343–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v10i2.20060.

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This research was conducted to discover the relationship between Islamic crowd investing and agriculture by exploring and analyzing the Islamic crowd-investing platform, and to describe the importance and benefits of sustainable agriculture in Indonesia. Funding platforms for agriculture are still relatively small in Indonesia. However, the potential for this sector is still very high due to the large number of demands and a large market. A systematic literature review with a qualitative approach research method was used in this study, specifically to review the literature retrieved from computerized databases, manual search, and authoritative texts related to Islamic crowd-investing and sustainable agriculture. This study showed a strong relationship explaining that financial technology, such as Islamic crowd-investing, has an important role not only in terms of funding, but also in achieving sustainable agriculture, which will have an impact on the environment that may potentiate the agricultural sector itself.JEL Classification: O13, Q14How to Cite:Purnamasari, I., & Kassim, S. (2021). The Role of Islamic Crowd-Investing for Sustainable Agriculture in Indonesia. Signifikan: Jurnal Ilmu Ekonomi, 10(2), 343-358. https://doi.org/10.15408/sjie.v10i2.20060.
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MacRae, Rod J., Stuart B. Hill, John Henning, and Alison J. Bentley. "Policies, programs, and regulations to support the transition to sustainable agriculture in Canada." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 5, no. 2 (June 1990): 76–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0889189300003325.

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AbstractThe development of political strategies in Canada to support the transition from conventional to sustainable agriculture has been limited by the absence of a comprehensive conceptual framework for identifying the most critical policies, programs, and regulations. In this paper, we propose a framework that uses an efficiency/substitution/redesign spectrum to categorize both sustainable fanning systems and government activities. The framework is then used to identify a diverse range of short, medium, and longterm strategies to be pursued by governments in Canada to support the transition. Strategies discussed include research, diffusion, and training; market development; and safety net programs and tax provisions. Finally, the implications and implementation of the redesign concept for food production, processing, and distribution are outlined.
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Caux, Pierre-Yves. "Short Communication – Canadian Water Quality Guidelines as Indicators of Sustainable Agriculture." Water Quality Research Journal 30, no. 3 (August 1, 1995): 555–362. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wqrj.1995.042.

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Abstract Environmental Quality Guidelines for environmental sustainability are often lacking in many management or environmental policies. These are clear measures or indicators of the quality of the system. In Canada, national soil, water, tissue and sediment guidelines are developed to protect and sustain specific uses of land and water and provide direct measures of sustainability which can be incorporated into an overall ecosystem management framework. This short communication focusses on the use of pesticide Water Quality Guidelines for agricultural sustainability, especially with regard to surface and ground water contamination. Furthermore, this address introduces the new Canadian protocols for deriving Water Quality Guidelines for Irrigation and for Livestock Watering.
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Mushi, Gilbert E., Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo, and Pierre-Yves Burgi. "Digital Technology and Services for Sustainable Agriculture in Tanzania: A Literature Review." Sustainability 14, no. 4 (February 20, 2022): 2415. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14042415.

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Digital technology has the potential to eradicate extreme poverty and food insecurity to the majority of smallholder farmers in the world. This paper aims to identify knowledge gaps on digital technology for sustainable agriculture and assess their availability to smallholder farmers worldwide. The particular case of Tanzania receives special attention. We conducted an extensive literature search from relevant databases for review. The advanced digital technology in agriculture, mostly used by large scale farmers, significantly contributes to sustainable agriculture. However, the existing digital services for smallholder farmers lack sustainability in the agriculture context and hardly meet the needs for a comprehensive set of services in a complete farming cycle. In most developing countries, Tanzania case included, digital technology and services respond to a challenge at a particular stage of the farming process or to a specific value chain. Based on this literature review, we identify inequalities among large and small farmers, as well as environmental challenges caused by ICT itself. To conclude we provide suggestions for improvements for smallholder farmers: developing a digital platform that addresses smallholder farmers’ challenges in a complete farming cycle, bringing together the stakeholders at a country level, in order to achieve sustainable agriculture and support adoption of cutting-edge digital technology. These suggestions will be the starting point for future research.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Sustainable agriculture – Canada – Databases"

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MacRae, Roderick John. "Strategies to overcome institutional barriers to the transition from conventional to sustainable agriculture in Canada : the role of government, research institutions and agribusiness." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=70174.

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Literature on sustainable agriculture was examined using qualitative research methods to identify institutional barriers to the transition to sustainable agriculture, and solutions to overcome them. Information was also collected from different participants in the food and agriculture system by conducting interviews and workshops, and by soliciting comments on discussion papers of preliminary findings.
An explanatory scheme (or general theory) was developed to organize strategies for overcoming institutional barriers using an efficiency--substitution--redesign framework. Efficiency strategies involve minor changes to existing activities, resulting in more efficient resource use. Substitution strategies involve replacing one product, technique or activity with another. Redesign strategies require solutions and institutional activities that mimic ecological processes. Solutions consistent with each category are analyzed and discussed in the areas of research, education, technology transfer, government programs and regulations, taxation, safety nets, consumer activism, marketing and advertising, corporate legal status, and organizational design and management.
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McLaughlin, Darrell A. "Escaping the treadmill?, an ethnographic look at the development of sustainable agriculture in Canada and in Sweden." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq62174.pdf.

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Castonguay, Stephane. "Managing scientific change in agricultural policies: soil productivity, resource conservation and the legitimation of agrobiology." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44591.

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Bicksler, Abram J. "Canada thistle management systems for sustainable and organic farms /." 2009. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3362731.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 70-06, Section: B, page: 3229. Adviser: John B. Masiunas. Includes bibliographical references. Available on microfilm from Pro Quest Information and Learning.
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Fraser, Evan David Gaviller. "Ecologies of scale : socio-economic obstacles to sustainable agriculture in the Lower Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12982.

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This research asks: "what forces shape agriculture such that environmental problems persist on farms?" The hypothesis is that socioeconomic forces, combined with geography and technology, have created a "food system" that precludes good farm management. Secondary hypotheses are: (1) either government policies or global trade lead to environmentally damaging management practices. (2) insecure land tenure influences whether a farmer will invest in long-term management. These hypotheses are tested using data from the Lower Fraser Valley, a fertile region adjacent to Vancouver, Canada. Results show that rented fields have more annual crops and less grasslands, legumes, and grain than owned land. This has negative environmental implications. To test the role of international trade, data on farm practices were compared over time for traded versus governmentprotected commodities. Results show that environmental management on vegetable farms has improved as trade in these commodities has risen. These improvements are bought at the expense of the environment in the regions that B.C. trades with. Dairy and poultry farms, which are protected by the government, have grown more concentrated and cause serious environmental problems. However, these same changes have occurred in other regions of North America where farmers do not have the same type of protection. There are three overarching conclusions. (1) It is difficult to investigate large-scale abstract forces like the role of government programmes or global trade in isolation. These forces interact in surprising ways that can lead to bad management. (2) It is necessary to understand local environmental conditions and not to generalize the possible ecological consequences of forces like global trade based on aggregate data. (3) This research suggests that risk plays a significant role in determining good farm management. If farmers do not have secure land tenure, they will be at risk of losing their land and will not receive the benefits of good farm management. However, if the government protects farmers, farmers will be able to increase profits by externalizing environmental costs. Farmers must be able to farm in a sufficiently stable economic environment that they can plan into the future, but should not be so protected that they can damage the environment.
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Books on the topic "Sustainable agriculture – Canada – Databases"

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Puttaswamaiah, S. Promoting sustainable agriculture: Experiences from India and Canada. Ahmedabad: Gujarat Institute of Development Research, 2005.

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Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Research Branch. The health of our air: Towards sustainable agriculture in Canada. Ottawa: Minister of Public works and Government Services, 1998.

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Food sovereignty in Canada: Creating just and sustainable food systems. Halifax: Fernwood Pub., 2011.

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R, Coote D., Gregorich L. J, and Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Research Branch., eds. The health of our water: Toward sustainable agriculture in Canada. Ottawa: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Research Branch, 2000.

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Canada. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Biodiversity initiatives: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. [Ottawa]: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 1997.

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Winfield, Mark. Environmentally sustainable agriculture in Canada: An overview and assessment of critical needs. Toronto: Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy, 1995.

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Agri-Food, Canada Agriculture and. Agriculture in harmony with nature: Strategy for environmentally sustainable agriculture and agri-food development in Canada. Ottawa: Minister of Public works and Government Services, 1997.

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Agency, Canadian International Development. Promoting sustainable rural development through agriculture: Canada making a difference in the world. [Hull, Quebec]: Canadian International Development Agency, 2003.

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Agri-Food, Canada Agriculture and. Environmental sustainability of Canadian agriculture. Ottawa: Minister of Public Works and Government of Canada Services, 2000.

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Canada. Canada--New Brunswick agreement on environmental sustainability. [Ottawa: Minister of Agriculture?, 1991.

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Book chapters on the topic "Sustainable agriculture – Canada – Databases"

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Suzuki, Ayako, Keita Suwabe, and Kentaro Yano. "The Use of Omics Databases for Plants." In Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies, 1–22. CRC Press, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b10977-2.

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"- The Use of Omics Databases for Plants." In Sustainable Agriculture and New Biotechnologies, 22–43. CRC Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b10977-6.

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Clark, E., and Jennifer Sumn. "Ontario, Canada Lessons in Sustainability from Organic Farmers." In The Conversion to Sustainable Agriculture. CRC Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781420003598-c7.

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"Soil health assessment and inventory: indices and databases." In Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture Volume 2, 23–42. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781351114585-5.

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"Empowering the Citizen-Consumer: Re-Regulating Consumer Information to Support the Transition to Sustainable and Health Promoting Food Systems in Canada." In Sustainable Agriculture and Food Supply, 105–40. Apple Academic Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b19837-12.

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Macrae, Rod, Michelle Szabo, Kalli Anderson, Fiona Louden, and Sandi Trillo. "Empowering the Citizen-Consumer: Re-Regulating Consumer Information to Support the Transition to Sustainable and Health Promoting Food Systems in Canada." In Sustainable Agriculture and Food Supply, 83–118. Apple Academic Press, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b19837-8.

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"Recent advances in understanding the role of vitamins in pig nutrition Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada." In Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 2, 187–206. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781351114349-13.

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Hischier, Roland, and Paul W. Gilgen. "Life Cycle Assessment Databases as Part of Sustainable Development Strategies." In Information Systems for Sustainable Development, 15–24. IGI Global, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-342-5.ch002.

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This article describes the importance of standardized, comprehensive and up-to-date life cycle inventory (LCI) databases for implementing policies that point towards sustainable development (SD). Taking present-day Swiss politics as an example, this article shows the interrelations among SD, an integrated product-policy (IPP) and a comprehensive LCI database. For this reason, the Swiss government states in its report on SD that IPP is one of the measures that will be put into practice as new instruments for fiscal policy. As it is essential to be able to calculate real existing value-added chains to arrive at a real application of the IPP concept, the creation of a Swiss competence centre for LCI data is one of the different measures foreseen for the application of IPP. Therefore several LCA institutes within the ETH domain of engineering institutions along with the Swiss Federal Research Station of Agroecology and Agriculture and several Swiss offices/agencies founded the Swiss Centre for Life-Cycle Inventories called ecoinvent.
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Hanson, Lorelei L., and Deborah Schrader. "Creating New Urban Spaces of Sustainability and Governmentality: An Assessment of the Development of a Food and Urban Agriculture Strategy for Edmonton, Canada." In From Sustainable to Resilient Cities: Global Concerns and Urban Efforts, 191–214. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/s1047-004220140000014009.

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"Meeting individual nutrient requirements to improve nutrient efficiency and the sustainability of growing pig production systems Candido Pomar, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Canada; Ines Andretta, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and Luciano Hauschild, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Brazil." In Achieving sustainable production of pig meat Volume 2, 309–24. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781351114349-18.

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Conference papers on the topic "Sustainable agriculture – Canada – Databases"

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Ed van Ouwerkerk, Matt Liebman, Tom Richard, Gary May, Isabel Gutierrez-Montes, and Dave James. "Farm and County Scale Scenarios for Sustainable Agriculture in Western Iowa." In 2004, Ottawa, Canada August 1 - 4, 2004. St. Joseph, MI: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/2013.17084.

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Kerr, G. L., and H. Bjornlund. "Market based instruments: issues and opportunities for agriculture and water quality services in Alberta, Canada." In SUSTAINABLE IRRIGATION 2012. Southampton, UK: WIT Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/si120371.

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Ronzano, Anna, Roberta Stefanini, Giulia Borghesi, and Giuseppe Vignali. "Agricultural waste as a source of innovative and compostable composite biopolymers for food packaging: a scientific review." In the 7th International Food Operations and Processing Simulation Workshop. CAL-TEK srl, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.46354/i3m.2021.foodops.005.

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"The recovery of agriculture waste is one of the challenges of 2030 Agenda. Food and Agriculture Organization states that 30 % of the world’s agricultural land is used to produce food that is later lost or wasted, and the global carbon footprint corresponds to 7% of total greenhouse gases emissions. Alternatively, natural fibers contained in food and agricultural waste could be a valuable feedstock to reinforce composite biopolymers contributing to increase mechanical properties. In addition, the use of biopolymers matrix could contribute significantly to reduce the environmental footprint of the biobased compounds. Based on these premises, a regional project in Emilia-Romagna, aims to enhance agricultural waste to produce food packaging materials which in turn would contribute to the reduction of green raw materials used. This article reviews the state of art of composite biopolymers added with fillers extracted by food and agricultural waste, analyzing the literature published on scientific databases such as Scopus. The characteristics, advantages and drawbacks of each innovative sustainable material will be studied, trying to compare their various properties. The results of the work could guide companies in the choice of eco-sustainable packaging and lay the foundations for the development of the mentioned regional project."
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Chan, Wai Hon, Jacqueline Ebner, Rajiv Ramchandra, and Thomas Trabold. "Analysis of Food Waste Resources Available for Sustainable Energy Production in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State." In ASME 2013 7th International Conference on Energy Sustainability collocated with the ASME 2013 Heat Transfer Summer Conference and the ASME 2013 11th International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/es2013-18189.

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Prior research conducted by our Institute has revealed the large quantities of food waste available in New York State, particularly in the Upstate corridor extending from Buffalo to Syracuse. The Finger Lakes region is heavily populated with agricultural operations, dairy farms and food processing plants, including those producing milk, yogurt, wine, and canned fruits and vegetables. The diverse supply of organic waste generated by these facilities offers the opportunity for sustainable energy production through one of three primary pathways: • Anaerobic digestion to produce methane • Fermentation to produce alcohols • Transesterification to produce biodiesel. Generally speaking, food wastes are better suited for biochemical conversion instead of thermo-chemical conversion (combustion, gasification, pyrolysis) due to their relatively high moisture content. The current paper provides an initial assessment of food wastes within the 9-County Finger Lakes region around Rochester, New York. Available databases were utilized to first identify all the relevant companies operating in one of four broad industry sectors: agriculture, food processing, food distribution and food services (including restaurants). Our analysis has demonstrated that anaerobic digestion can be a viable method for sustainable energy production from food waste in the Finger Lakes region, due to the dual economic benefits of effective disposal cost reduction and production of methane-rich biogas.
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Rüstemoğlu, Hasan, and Sevin Uğural. "Decomposition Analysis of CO2 Emissions for Turkey and Iran over 1990-2010." In International Conference on Eurasian Economies. Eurasian Economists Association, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.36880/c05.00974.

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There exists an important awareness for reduction of CO2 emissions to obtain a sustainable world. Together with this, there is a great deal of interest for decomposition analysis to see the accelerating and decelerating factors of CO2 emissions. The aim of this project is to decompose CO2 emissions in economic sectors for the two superpowers of Middle East, Iran and Turkey, over the time period between 1990 and 2010, for Turkey obtained a rapid growth performance in recent years and Iran which is the energy superpower of the world. Refined Laspeyres Index decomposition method and a consistent data gathered from the World Bank’s and UN’s databases have been used during the analysis. Five main sectors (agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, construction and other service sectors) and four main impacts (scale effect, composition effect, energy intensity effect and carbon intensity effect) have been considered to see the increasing and decreasing factors of CO2 emissions. Various interesting results are observed for both of the countries, for each of the economic sectors. Generally scale effect and energy intensity effect are the dominant impacts for all sectors of both countries. However composition effect and carbon intensity effect are also important contributors for economic activities of these two countries. Overall, our analysis showed that these two countries should pay attention for energy intensity and sustainable economic growth.
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MAMAI, Oksana, and Igor MAMAI. "OPTIMIZATION OF THE MANAGEMENT MECHANISM FOR THE INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE REGION’S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR." In RURAL DEVELOPMENT. Aleksandras Stulginskis University, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.15544/rd.2017.054.

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The current trends in the development of innovative activities in Russia are far from fully meeting the expectations associated with improving the competitiveness of products and the quality of life of the population, with the provision of dynamic sustainable growth, and the formation of the innovative economy. The mixed nature of the Russian economy, the fundamentally different technological level and institutional conditions for the development of various sectors exclude the possibility of defining a single model of innovative development that is universal for all sectors. In the current conditions, the technical and technological level of the agrarian sector of the country's economy is the most catastrophically lagging behind the world's leading producers of agricultural products. Domestic agrarian production is 5 times more energy intensive and 4 times more metal consuming, and labor productivity is 8-10 times lower than in the USA, in the leading countries of the European Union and Canada. Not having eliminated this techno-technological backlog, without implementing the advanced development of certain specific areas of scientific research and technological developments in the field of agriculture, Russia's agrarian sector will finally lose its competitiveness and will not be able to ensure the country's food security. Thus, the need for a scientific justification of the theory, methodology and practice of the innovative development management of the agrarian sector of the regional economy in the context of large-scale economic and institutional transformations determines the urgency of the issue. Currently, most of the works of domestic researchers put emphasis on the problems of knowledge transfer, at the same time, the methodology for creating and commercializing competitive scientific knowledge through the formation of innovative agricultural clusters is beyond the scope of scientific research, and its management and economic mechanism has not been developed yet. Thus, the aim of this research is to develop proposals for optimization of the management mechanism for the innovative development of the region's agricultural sector (by the example of the Samara Region of the Russian Federation). The research used a set of methods of scientific knowledge used at both theoretical and empirical levels (conceptual modeling, synthesis and analysis, tabular and graphical interpretation of theoretical information and empirical data).
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