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Silage is fermented, high-moisture fodder that can be fed to ruminants (cud-chewing animals like cattle and sheep) or used as a biofuel feedstock for anaerobic digesters. It is fermented and stored in a process called ''ensiling'' or ''silaging'', and is usually made from grass crops, including...
The main crops in this area are millet, sorghum, and cowpea (see Figures 4 to 6), while groundnut and sesame are considered minor crops. Guna (cow) melon (''Citrullus lanatus'') has been recently added to crop production for market. It requires only one fall of rain, is planted late in the...

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Silage is fermented, high-moisture fodder that can be fed to ruminants (cud-chewing animals like cattle and sheep) or used as a biofuel feedstock for anaerobic digesters. It is fermented and stored in a process called ”ensiling” or ”silaging”, and is ...
Chitemene (also spelled citemene), from the ciBemba word meaning “place where branches have been cut for a garden”, is a system of slash and burn agriculture practiced throughout northern Zambia. It involves coppicing or pollarding of standing trees in a ...
The main crops in this area are millet, sorghum, and cowpea (see Figures 4 to 6), while groundnut and sesame are considered minor crops. Guna (cow) melon (”Citrullus lanatus”) has been recently added to crop production for market. It requires ...
Jo Messing is a pharmacist by training, but has specialized in molecular biology during his PhD-research at the LM University of Munich and the Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry. In the late seventies and early eighties, Jo Messing and his colleagues ...
biofuelBagasse ( , ) is the fibrous residue remaining after sugarcane or sorghum stalks are crushed to extract their juice. It is currently used as a biofuel and as a renewable resource in the manufacture of pulp and paper products ...
SustainabilityAgricultural sustainability in northern Nigeria requires flexibility in both ecological management as well as economic activity. Rainfall occurs only seasonally – and there is a pronounced dry season – however, rainfall is often intensive when it does come, making it ...
BiorefineryAccording to a new analysis by the Renewable Fuels Association, America’s ethanol producers delivered 23 million metric tons of livestock and poultry feed to the world last year, or nearly three times the amount of wheat, sorghum, barley and oats ...
EthanolEthanol is a fuel that is alcohol based and is made by distilling and fermenting crops which are broken down to very simple sugars. In some parts ethanol is usually made from crops that are starchy like the sorghum or ...
BiomassBiomass is material derived from recently living organisms, which includes plants, animals and their byproducts. Manure, garden waste and crop residues are all sources of biomass. It is a renewable energy source based on the carbon cycle, unlike other natural ...
Energy+for+Sustainable+DevelopmentMan tends to spoil everything he touches. In Halmahera, development will be different. The Indonesian government and the newly formed Sustainable Pacific Corporation, will offer an island which will be subjected to sustainable development initiatives
Global WarmingFor a long time it has been believed that the effects of global warming on agriculture and food supply is going to be a positive one. This is because the rising level of carbon-dioxide resulted for global warming will help ...
recyclable green productsConventional trade booths are laden with toxins, including every part of the booth: carpeting, drapes, signage and paints all vent damaging volatile organic compounds. Try a green trade show booth to have a positive impact on the future of our ...
The preparation of fields for farming is begun in April or May when the farmers clear shrubs. Sometimes grasses are burned in order to clear fields that have not been grazed by livestock. The beginning of the rainy season is ...
Renewable Energy ResourcesWith current day high fuel prices should we begin to think about alternative energy sources? Will alternative fuel reduce our monthly fuel expenses? Or should we more worried about the current climate and hazardous effect we're causing it?Which ever way ...
BiomassBiomass, a renewable energy source, is biological material from living, or recently living organisms, such as wood, waste, (hydrogen) gas, and alcohol fuels. Biomass is commonly plant matter grown to generate electricity or produce heat. In this sense, living biomass ...
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