Energy in synthetic fertilizers and pesticides: Revisited. Final project report
Abstract
Agricultural chemicals that are derived from fossil-fuels are the major energy intensive inputs in agriculture. Growing scarcity of the world`s fossil resources stimulated research and development of energy-efficient technology for manufacturing these chemicals in the last decade. The purpose of this study is to revisit the energy requirements of major plant nutrients and pesticides. The data from manufacturers energy survey conducted by The Fertilizer Institute are used to estimate energy requirements of fertilizers. Energy estimates for pesticides are developed from consulting previously published literature. The impact of technical innovation in the fertilizer industry to US corn, cotton, soybean and wheat producers is estimated in terms of energy-saving.
- Authors:
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- Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Tennessee Univ., Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 10120269
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL/Sub-90-99732/2
ON: DE94006309
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jan 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 09 BIOMASS FUELS; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; FERTILIZERS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; PRODUCTION; PESTICIDES; PROGRESS REPORT; MAIZE; COTTON; WHEAT; SOYBEANS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHATES; AMMONIA; 090800; 320301; ENERGY SOURCES
Citation Formats
Bhat, M G, English, B C, Turhollow, A F, and Nyangito, H O. Energy in synthetic fertilizers and pesticides: Revisited. Final project report. United States: N. p., 1994.
Web. doi:10.2172/10120269.
Bhat, M G, English, B C, Turhollow, A F, & Nyangito, H O. Energy in synthetic fertilizers and pesticides: Revisited. Final project report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10120269
Bhat, M G, English, B C, Turhollow, A F, and Nyangito, H O. 1994.
"Energy in synthetic fertilizers and pesticides: Revisited. Final project report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10120269. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10120269.
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title = {Energy in synthetic fertilizers and pesticides: Revisited. Final project report},
author = {Bhat, M G and English, B C and Turhollow, A F and Nyangito, H O},
abstractNote = {Agricultural chemicals that are derived from fossil-fuels are the major energy intensive inputs in agriculture. Growing scarcity of the world`s fossil resources stimulated research and development of energy-efficient technology for manufacturing these chemicals in the last decade. The purpose of this study is to revisit the energy requirements of major plant nutrients and pesticides. The data from manufacturers energy survey conducted by The Fertilizer Institute are used to estimate energy requirements of fertilizers. Energy estimates for pesticides are developed from consulting previously published literature. The impact of technical innovation in the fertilizer industry to US corn, cotton, soybean and wheat producers is estimated in terms of energy-saving.},
doi = {10.2172/10120269},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10120269},
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year = {Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994},
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