Prospects of bioenergy cropping systems for a more social‐ecologically sound bioeconomy
| Autor: | Danilo Scordia, Ana Luisa Fernando, Moritz von Cossel, Igor Staritsky, Salvatore Cosentino, Berien Elbersen, Viktoria Von Cossel, Elena Magenau, Jan Lask, Moritz Wagner, Yasir Iqbal, Bastian Winkler, Andrea Bauerle, Iris Lewandowski, Kirsten Warrach-Sagi, Stefan Happe, Volker Wulfmeyer, Michiel van Eupen, Nicolai David Jablonowski |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Earth Observation and Environmental Informatics
Natural resource economics Applied Spatial Research 020209 energy Climate change Climate change adaptation 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences 7. Clean energy 12. Responsible consumption lcsh:Agriculture Bioenergy Agricultural land Aardobservatie en omgevingsinformatica 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Population growth bioenergy crops Marginal land Biomass 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 2. Zero hunger Resilience business.industry lcsh:S Bioenergy crop Biodiversity 15. Life on land Bioeconomy Natural resource Industrial crop 13. Climate action Agriculture ddc:640 business Carbon capture Agronomy and Crop Science Cropping Cropping system |
| Zdroj: | Agronomy 9(10), 605-(2019). doi:10.3390/agronomy9100605 special issue: "Bioenergy Crops: Current Status and Future Prospects" Agronomy 9 (2019) 10 Agronomy Agronomy, 9(10) Agronomy, Vol 9, Iss 10, p 605 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 2073-4395 |
| Popis: | The growing bioeconomy will require a greater supply of biomass in the future for bothbioenergy and bio-based products. Today, many bioenergy cropping systems (BCS) are suboptimal due to either social-ecological threats or technical limitations. In addition, the competition for land between bioenergy-crop cultivation, food-crop cultivation, and biodiversity conservation is expected to increase as a result of both continuous world population growth and expected severe climate change effects. This study investigates how BCS can become more social-ecologically sustainable in future. It brings together expert opinions from the fields of agronomy, economics, meteorology, and geography. Potential solutions to the following five main requirements for a more holisticallysustainable supply of biomass are summarized: (i) bioenergy-crop cultivation should provide a beneficial social-ecologicalcontribution, such as an increase in both biodiversity and landscape aesthetics, (ii) bioenergy crops should be cultivated on marginal agricultural land so as not to compete with food-crop production, (iii) BCS need to be resilient in the face of projected severe climate change effects, (iv) BCS should foster rural development and support the vast number of small-scale family farmers, managing about 80% of agricultural land and natural resources globally, and (v) bioenergy-crop cultivation must be planned and implemented systematically, using holistic approaches. Further research activities and policy incentives should not only consider the economic potential of bioenergy-crop cultivation, but also aspects of biodiversity, soil fertility, and climate change adaptation specific to site conditions and the given social context. This will help to adapt existing agricultural systems in a changing world and foster the development of a more social-ecologically sustainable bioeconomy. |
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