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Sustainability in agriculture and associated primary industries, which are both energy-intensive, is crucial for the development of any country. Increasing scarcity and resulting high fossil fuel prices combined with the need to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, make the improvement of energy efficient farming and increased use of rene
Section 1: Introduction 1. Towards a sustainable energy technologies based agriculture Section 2: Energy efficiency and management 2. Global energy resources, supply and demand, energy security and on-farm energy efficiency 3. Energy in crop production systems 4. The fossil energy use and CO2 emissions budget for Canadian agriculture 5. Energy efficiency technologies for sustainable agriculture and food processing 6. Energy-smart food – technologies, practices and policies 7. Energy, water and food: exploring links in irrigated cropping systems 8. Energy use and sustainability of intensive livestock production 9. Diesel engine as prime power for agriculture: emissions reduction for sustainable mechanization Section 3: Biofuels:10. Biofuels from microalgae 11. Biodiesel emissions and performance 12. Biogas 13. Thermal gasification of waste biomass from agriculture production for energy purposes 14. An innovative perspective: Transition towards a bio-based economy Section 4: Access to energy 15. Increasing energy access in rural areas of developing countries
