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From fossil to sustainable diets: an assessment of farming energy footprint

The dependence of industrial agricolture on fossil fuels has been assessed in two comparative case studies between Italy (Emilia-Romagna and Piemonte)and Missouri.
The first is related to dairy farming; 15 different farms were surveyed, divided into three different groups: grain based, pasture based and organic.
The second is devoted to rice cropping; 12 holdings were examined divided into two groups: conventional and organic.
Energy footprint was determined for structures, machinery, fertilizers, pesticides, fuel, electricity, feed and seeds.
Possible scenarios of transition to a more sustainable agricolture based on renewable energy sources were analized in detail for all the farms analized.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unibo.it/oai:amsdottorato.cib.unibo.it:6985
Date12 June 2015
CreatorsPagani, Marco <1960>
ContributorsVittuari, Matteo
PublisherAlma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Source SetsUniversità di Bologna
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Thesis, PeerReviewed
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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