Sentences with phrase «grow on degraded land»

Many perennial bioenergy crops are prime candidates to grow on degraded land not suited to food production.

grow on degraded land: Mehmood, M.A., et al. «Biomass Production for Bioenergy Using Marginal Lands.»

Tilman and his colleagues found that, in addition to producing more than twice the biomass than single - species planting (not less than 238 % more than switchgrass), multiple - species plantations restored biodiversity, grew on degraded land and — perhaps most importantly — could be carbon negative.

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That means using timber and crop residues or trying to grow high - yielding grasses or trees on truly marginal and degraded land, and that is the recommendation of these many reviews.

According to the paper, microalgae, which can be grown in salt water or produced on otherwise degraded land, can be used as livestock feed, freeing up land currently used for pasture and feed crops.

Because land and the plants growing on it are already generating these benefits, diverting land — even degraded, under - utilised areas — to bioenergy means sacrificing much - needed food, timber, and carbon storage.

Some researchers argue that growing bioenergy feedstocks on degraded lands would avoid competition for land.

Jatropha curcas, for instance, is a plant that grows well on marginal lands and can also be used to restore degraded lands, suggesting that Jatropha production, if carefully managed, may be expanded without directly competing with natural forests or high - value agriculture lands used for food production.