Dear RG members,
Recent trends showing lots of work are to be focussed on energy budgeting in different cropping system. Is this parameters is good to suggest to the farmers to opt efficient cropping system or not. Views invited..
Ecological energy budgets focus on the use and transformations of energy in the biosphere or its components. Modern agricultural systems are energy and carbon intensive. Reducing the carbon footprint and increasing energy use efficiency are two important sustainability issues of the modern agriculture. An energy budget is a balance sheet of energy income against expenditure. It is studied in the field of Energetics which deals with the study of energy transfer and transformation from one form to another. Calorie is the basic unit of measurement. Forms Of Energy, Energy Transformations And The Laws Of Thermodynamics, Physical Energy Budgets, Budgets Of Fixed Energy. The agricultural production system is affected by various problems induced due to climate change, degradation of natural resources, proliferation of pests and diseases, market fluctuations and policy changes. These situation decreases the attainable yields of major crops across the globe.This yield gap can be filled through sustainable intensification, diversification, and adoption of climate-resilient farming system. Mixed farming system (MFS) is one of the farming strategies to restore agricultural diversity and to improve ecosystem services, and sustainability.
Prem Baboo Thank u sir for such contribution for ongoing discussion.
Yes, you can,
For reference, you can learn from this pdf, which has overall calculations :
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1503.01649.pdf
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