An assessment of fossil fuel energy use and CO2 emissions from farm field operations using a regional level crop and land use database for Canada

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2261-2269

  Dyer, J A ^a   Kulshreshtha, S N ^b   McConkey, B G ^c   Desjardins, R L ^c  

^a SA ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Crop production; Farm energy; Farm fieldwork; Fossil fuel; Greenhouse gases

Indexed keywords

CROPS; CULTIVATION; FARMS; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; GREENHOUSES; LAND USE;

CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSION COEFFICIENT; EMISSION INTENSITY; EMISSIONS MODEL; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; FEEDSTOCK PRODUCTION; FIELD OPERATION; FOSSIL FUEL ENERGY; LAND COVER; LAND USE DATABASE; NATIONAL LEVEL; ONTARIO; REGIONAL LEVELS; REGIONAL SCALE; RURAL LAND USE; SIMULATION MODEL;

BIOFUELS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; BIOFUEL; CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; DATABASE; ENERGY USE; FORAGE; FOSSIL FUEL; GREENHOUSE GAS; HARVESTING; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77950338747     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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