editors, Jochen Bundschuh, University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences & National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia & Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, Guangnan Chen, University of Southern Queensland, Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences & National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxxix, 453 pages :
Other Physical Details
color illustrations ;
Dimensions
26 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Sustainable energy developments,
Volume Designation
volume 8
ISSN of Series
2164-0645 ;
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"A Balkema book."
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Towards a sustainable energy technologies based agriculture -- Global energy resources, supply and demand, energy security and on-farm energy efficiency -- Energy in crop production systems -- The fossil energy use and CO₂ emissions budget for Canadian agriculture -- Energy efficiency technologies for sustainable agriculture and food processing -- Energy-smart food : technologies, practices and policies -- Energy, water and food : exploring links in irrigated cropping systems -- Energy use and sustainability of intensive livestock production -- Diesel engine as prime power for agriculture : emissions reduction for sustainable mechanization -- Biofuels from microalgae -- Biodiesel emissions and performance -- Biogas -- Thermal gasification of waste biomass from agriculture production for energy purposes -- An innovative perspective : transition towards a bio-based economy -- Increasing energy access in rural areas of developing countries