Essays about: "arable plants"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words arable plants.
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1. Towards Water Resource Recovery Facilities : Environmentally Extended Techno-Economic Assessment of Emerging Sewage Sludge Management Technologies in Sweden
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Municipal sewage sludge (MSS) management varies widely between countries and legislative regimes. Within the European directive for sewage treatment France applies over half of MSS to arable land, while The Netherlands has banned the practice (Kelessidis et al, 2012). READ MORE
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2. Profitability of optimizing biogas production in dairy farms : an experimental case study of a Swedish dairy farm´s usage of nitrogen in digestate as a nutrient resource for crop production
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Biogas has the potential to be a contributor to sustainable energy for electricity, fuel, and heating. Because of that, there are different alternatives for biogas plants. In this study, a farm-based biogas plant for electricity production has been of interest. READ MORE
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3. Arable Plant Diversity on Gotland, Sweden
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildningAbstract : Arable plant species diversity has been on a decline, with many species dependent on arable land becoming threatened. At the same time, attempts at defining the drivers of arable plant diversity have proven difficult and results are often contradictory. READ MORE
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4. Technological Innovation System of hydroponics technology in Halland : A case study on functional weaknesses
University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för företagande, innovation och hållbarhetAbstract : Problem Discussion: The world population is increasing at a rate that the current food production capacity would not be able to sustain. In Sweden, only a small portion of the land area is used for cultivation and there is a high percentage of imports of food. READ MORE
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5. Effekter av markstruktur på tryckutbredning och packningsbenägenhet i åkermark : en jämförande fältstudie mellan konventionellt jordbearbetad åkermark och permanent bevuxen åkermark
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and EnvironmentAbstract : Att gårdar blir större är en tydlig trend inom det svenska lantbruket. Med det följer även en större efterfrågan på större maskiner och redskap. Denna rationalisering medför en ökad risk för att åkermarken blir kraftigt packad och därigenom skadad, vilket på sikt kan leda till försämrad bördighet. READ MORE