Energy Intensity of Agriculture and Food Systems

By Nathan Pelletier, E. Audsley, S. Brodt, T. Garnett, P. Henriksson, A. Kendall, Klaus Kramer, D. Murphy, T. Nemecek, M. Troell. 2011

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Sustainable Food Security: An Emerging Research and Policy Agenda (2014, background): “However, refrigeration, especially in developed countries, also constitutes a major source of emissions (Pelletier et al., 2011).”
Searching for Solutions in Aquaculture: Charting a Sustainable Course (2012, neutral): “Because electricity is required to run the recirculating systems, RASs consume much more operational energy than most other types of aquaculture systems (49, 80).”
Sustainable food production: constraints, challenges and choices by 2050 (2015, background): “This is crucial given that many urban areas are now dependent on globalised food production and distribution networks, with a supply of food and water that would support their population for only a few days at most in an emergency (Pelletier et al. 2011).”
Synthesis, part of a Special Feature on A Social-Ecological Analysis of Diversified Farming Systems: Benefits, Costs, Obstacles, and Enabling Policy Frameworks Ecosystem Services in Biologically Diversified versus Conventional Farming Systems: Benefits, Externalities, and Trade-Offs (2012, background): “Avoidance of synthetic nitrogen fertilizers, which require large amounts of energy to produce (Pelletier et al. 2011), and lower use of feed concentrates, were largely responsible for the improved energy performance of the organic farming systems per unit of land or product.”