Abstract In recent years, crop waste has become a promising energy resource in many countries of the world. For Russia, use this type for purposes is not only an opportunity to provide population, but also solution number environmental problems - reducing risk forest fires and CO 2 emissions. The paper presents results assessment potential grain within boundaries municipalities Rostov region. g...

Natural rubber (NR), regarded as nature's most versatile raw material is obtained from the latex of Hevea brasiliensis, a tree, native to the tropical rain forests of Amazon and introduced on a commercial scale to the Far East during the last century. In India, organised cultivation of rubber started in 1902 on an estate scale by European planters. This crop however came out of the bounds of th...

Cereal crop species including bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), rice (Oryza sativa L.), and maize (Zea mays L.) provide the bulk of human nutrition and agricultural products for industrial use. These four cereals are central to meet future demands of food supply for an increasing world population under a changing climate. A prerequisite for cereal crop production ...

Effective adaptation determines agricultural vulnerability to climate change, especially in the pre-industrial era. Crop management as an agricultural adaptation to climate change in recent human history, however, has rarely been systematically evaluated. Using Europe as our study area, we statistically compared yield ratio of wheat, rye, barley, and oats (an important performance indicator of ...

Similarly, at the beginning of NAFGEN, the Canadian hemp industry was in its 10 year of commercial growth and had developed into a $20 million dollar industry. Most of the commercial growth to date had been driven by the vigorous seed sector, fuelled by demand in the health food and body care products sector. NAFGEN’s vision included laying the ground work for establishing value-added hemp fibr...

During the period 1995–1998 a research project was carried out dealing with oilseed crop-false flax (Camelina sati6a (L.) Crantz). The project with participants from five EU countries was supported by the European Commission. Extensive new knowledge about agrotechnical aspects and agro-industrial exploitation of the crop was acquired. Authentic documentation was obtained from analyses of C. sat...