Sentences with phrase «with food production»

These fuels produced from atmospheric CO2 are carbon - neutral and do not compete with food production for agricultural crop land.

The study estimated the greenhouse gas emissions associated with food production only.

Alternative energy sources are polluting, as with coal, or they compete with food production for land, as do biofuels.

Second generation biofuels, he added, offered a better solution as they don't compete for water and land with food production systems.

This will encourage development of sustainable, low - carbon fuels that avoid conflict with food production and minimize harmful environmental impacts.

Growth hormones, vaccinations and antibiotics have all been associated with food production, but how much does the consumer know about the animal medicines used in the food chain?

Using crops or land for biofuels competes with food production, making this goal even more difficult.

Biofuel can be obtained quite easily from starchy plants — but this places fuel production in competition with food production.

«On average, the amount of water required to produce one liter of biofuel is the same amount that's required to produce food for a person for one day,» he said, adding that the problem with first generation biofuels was that they were competing with food production systems in terms of water and land.

Food innovator Erika Marthins, a student at Swiss design school ECAL, is fusing cutting edge tech with food production techniques.

Five years later, he has a company with a food production facility in Indiana that is supplying national foodservice, private label and supermarket accounts.

However the wide range of future food production scenarios developed in this research demonstrate that the path we're on — urban sprawl — needn't be set in stone: sustainable strategies and innovations that integrate food and other essential services could open up possibilities for increasing food production in the basin, while providing for 1.6 million new residents over the next 15 years, thereby balancing housing with food production, environmental protection and health.

The research could also help with food production by teaching us ways to engineer crops so they will grow in many light conditions.

These images deal with food production in an industrial society and the price we pay as consumers for our craving for blemish free produce.

For biofuels, for example, impacts range from water use to erosion to potential trade - offs with food production, particularly if a global biofuel industry and trade emerges.

Navigating the storm will require a revolution in the social and natural sciences concerned with food production, as well as a breaking down of barriers between fields.

(One project in my community exploring how farms can double crop solar energy with food production — just one example of how out - of - the - box thinking can help solar to coexist and even enhance existing land uses.)

Such second - generation liquid biofuels produced from woody biomass rather than from food crops would also reduce competition with food production.

packaging materials, ingredients, food safety and the entire range of innovations from all the areas associated with food production.

But if bioenergy is to become more common, we must find solutions so that the cultivation of biofuel does not come into unnecessary conflict with food production or biodiversity.

The explosion of the biofuel industry has caused a similar redistribution of these elements to areas near refineries in a way that has nothing to do with food production.

As part of a wide - ranging biofuels - research portfolio, ExxonMobil is looking into second - generation biofuels that don't compete with food production for land and water.

However, CDR strategies face several difficulties such as reliance on underground CO2 storage and competition for land with food production and biodiversity protection.

Straw contains a mix of sugars that could be used as a source of biofuels that do not compete with food production but instead represent a sustainable way of utilizing waste.

When the USDA certifies a food as organic, it is guaranteeing that the food was produced through USDA - approved methods designed to improve food quality and environmental conditions associated with food production.

It is the only trade fair in the world that covers all aspects of food production.The industry presents its innovations and technological visions at Anuga FoodTec — from processing, filling and packaging technology to packaging materials, ingredients, food safety and the entire range of innovations from all the areas associated with food production.

The industry presents its innovations and technological visions at Anuga FoodTec — from processing, filling and packaging technology to packaging materials, ingredients, food safety and the entire range of innovations from all the areas associated with food production.

«Organic» is most commonly associated with food production, both crop and livestock.

While he admits that using plant proteins to replace meat and eggs might go some way to addressing problems with food supply and sustainability, he says there are hidden costs associated with any food production.

They can also grow on marginal lands with less fertilizer and water, making it less likely they will compete with food production.

And, even if such cellulosic ethanol became a reality, it might still come into conflict with food production.

However, it will be difficult to prevent or fully offset positive forcing from increasing N2O, as its largest source is associated with food production and the world's population is continuing to rise.

There are some sources of additional biomass that are consistent with a sustainable food future and will therefore reduce greenhouse gas emissions because they do not compete with food production or otherwise make dedicated use of land.

There are some sources of «additional» biomass that are consistent with a sustainable food future and will therefore reduce greenhouse gas emissions (relative to the use of fossil fuels) because they do not compete with food production or otherwise make dedicated use of land.

• Oppose cellulosic biofuels because they are inefficient, and will compete with food production and lead to further land use pressures.

However the limit would still expand the use of food crops for fuel and would not end biofuels competing with food production.

EU law makers ruled that biofuels can compete with food production, contribute to climate change, and put pressure on land use — and so have set a limit on the quantity of biofuels that can be used to meet EU energy targets (at no more than 7 % of transport energy).

However, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) hopes to begin certifying environmentally friendly biofuels that don't compete with food production or water sources.

But the increased use of agricultural lands for growing energy crops may compete with food production, causing increased food prices and deforestation.

Thus, if technological developments make it more efficient and at least as economical to produce liquid biofuels from cellulosic material rather than from food crops, the result would be reduced competition with food production, an increase in energy efficiency and improved overall energy balance.

However, it will be difficult to prevent or fully offset positive forcing from increasing N2O, as its largest source is associated with food production and the world's population is continuing to rise.