Energy inputs in food crop production in developing and developed nations.
By D. Pimentel. 2009
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Detailed energy outputs and inputs were assessed for the following crops, cultured in the U.S. and developing countries: corn, wheat, rice, soy, potato, cassava, tomato, citrus and apple. In addition, the labor input for each crop was analyzed.
Subfields: Ecology, Environmental Engineering
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Citations in the corpus
- Peasant-driven agricultural growth and food sovereignty (2014, background): “Smallholder agriculture is, on the whole, more energy-efficient than other forms of agricultural production (Netting, 1993; Pimentel, 2009 a&b).”
- Labour Market Effects of Large-Scale Agricultural Investment: Conceptual Considerations and Estimated Employment Effects (2017, background): “y for different crops Table 4 (continued) Crop Labor intensity (workers per hectare) Region Year Source Cassava 0.06–0.13 Colombia 2000 Pimentel (2009), FAO (1977), Gray (1982), Ospina Patiño, Cadavid López, Garcı́a González, and Alcalde Torres (2007) 0.12–0.21 Brazil 1982 0.41–0.43 Congo (DRC)…”
- Agricultural labour productivity, food prices and sustainable development impacts and indicators (2013, background): “…energy demands in different regions or economies could be located, but examination of specific studies (Cruse et al., 2010; Hill et al., 2006; Pimentel, 2009) and the dramatic growth in fertiliser use in low and middle income countries suggest that fertiliser use accounts for a major part…”