Sustainable cropping systems for the Northern Great Plains: energetic and economic considerations
Reliance on non-renewable resources is among the fundamental challenges to agricultural sustainability. Quantification of inputs in units of embodied fossil energy offers insight into sustainable use of these resources. Metrics of intensity, efficiency of non-renewable energy inputs to agriculture h...
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/2012/burgess/BurgessMH0512.pdf |