The alliance of agricultural bioenergy and organic farming topics in scientific literature

Siegmeier, Torsten; Blumenstein, Benjamin; Möller, Detlev

doi:10.1007/s13165-014-0079-x

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“…This analysis showed that the numbers of ORG and AGR publications had very similar doubling times during the last decades. Furthermore, Siegmeier et al (2014a, b) showed that the generally expected exponential pattern in the distribution of scientific publications (Vickery 1948) holds true for ORG publications. Exponential patterns were revealed concerning authors, countries of origin, author affiliations and journals.…”

Section: Publications On Organic Agriculturementioning

confidence: 95%

“…However, Watson et al (2008) pointed out that many research results about organic agriculture issues were published in other sources than scientific papers, such as government reports, conference proceedings and information brochures, which are to some extent even more important for farmers and policymakers. Siegmeier et al (2014a, b) also analyzed the number and share of articles dealing with organic agriculture in the International Science Citation Index (ISI) of Thomson Reuters Web of Science. They conducted a topic search with the search terms Borganic farm*^or BOrganic Agriculture^and compared the number of organic publications (ORG) with the number of all publications dealing with agricultural topics (AGR) ( Table 1).…”

Section: Publications On Organic Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Exponential patterns were revealed concerning authors, countries of origin, author affiliations and journals. However, Siegmeier et al (2014a, b) did not include the search term Borganic food^so that many publications on the levels of consumers, processors and traders were not covered.…”

Section: Publications On Organic Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

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“…In a review of research on bioenergy and organic agriculture [33] reasons why AD may be an appropriate bioenergy technology in organic farming are discussed. Above all, nutrient management options arising from biomass fermentation and digestate fertilization are of great interest in N-limited OFS [34].…”

Section: Biogas Production In Organic Agriculturementioning

confidence: 99%

Integrated Bioenergy and Food Production—A German Survey on Structure and Developments of Anaerobic Digestion in Organic Farming Systems

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Rising global energy needs and limited fossil fuel reserves have led to increased use of renewable energies. In Germany, this has entailed massive exploitation of agricultural biomass for biogas generation, associated with unsustainable farming practices. Organic agriculture not only reduces negative environmental impacts, organic farmers were also prime movers in anaerobic digestion (AD) in Germany. This study's aim was to identify the structure, development, and characteristics of biogas production associated with organic farming systems in order to estimate further development, as well as energetic and associated agronomic potentials. Surveys were conducted among organic farms with AD technology. 144 biogas plants could be included in the analysis. Total installed electrical capacity was 30.8 MWel, accounting for only 0.8% of the total installed electrical capacity in the German biogas sector. Recently, larger plant types (>250 kWel) with increased use of (also purchased) energy crops have emerged. Farmers noticed increases in yields (22% on average) and quality of cash crops in arable farming through integrated biogas production. In conclusion, although the share of AD in organic farming is relatively small it can provide various complementary socio-ecological benefits such as the enhancement of food output through digestate fertilization without additional need for land, while simultaneously reducing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock manures and soils. However, to achieve this OPEN ACCESSSustainability 2015, 7 10710 eco-functional intensification, AD systems and their management have to be well adapted to farm size and production focus and based primarily on residue biomass.

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“…Current state of knowledge on anaerobic digestion in organic agriculture Siegmeier et al (2014) give a detailed literature review on research topics at the intersection of bioenergy and organic farming. Special focus is put on the biogas technology and organic farming, since the vast majority of scientific papers in the study were concerned with AD.…”

Section: Organic Biogas Production In Germanymentioning

confidence: 99%