.... Feedstocks such as agricultural residues, food waste and sewage sludge provide an abundant and renewable source of organic material for biogas generation (Weiland, 2010). The microbial community involved in anaerobic digestion consists of hydrolytic, acidogenic, acetogenic and methanogenic bacteria, each...

... it a big challenge to Canada’s international commitment on emission reduction. However, abundant agricultural crops and sawdust produced in Saskatchewan put the province in a good position to produce and use agri-pellets as an alternative fuel to generate electricity. This study aims to conduct an economic...

...Rizgar Abdlkarim Abdlaziz; N.A.M. Naseem; Ly Slesman Purpose This study aims to investigate the contingent roles real effective exchange rates (REERs) play in mediating the effects of oil revenue on the agriculture sector value-added in 25 major and minor oil-exporting (MIOEC) countries during...

...@gimpa.edu.gh International trade Energy sector Time series analysis Regression Correlation analysis Electricity Agricultural From the literature review, it can be noted that there is not a consistent view on the effect of energy access on FDI. These mixed and inconclusive findings may be based...

... Price Oil Price Crude oil Agricultural C24 C51 E31 Opeoluwa Adeniyi Adeosun can be contacted at: addayadeosun@gmail.com Hunger eradication is a pivotal sustainable development goal; however, the severity of food price hikes in truncating the achievement of this goal cannot...

...Andrii Skrypnyk; Nataliia Klymenko; Mykola Talavyria; Anastasia Goray; Yurii Namiasenko Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the justification of objective assessment of the agricultural sector energetic potential, and the increasing of the accuracy of assessments results of energy...

...Ebere Ume Kalu; Pius Bala Daniel; Uchenna Florence Nwafor; Chinwe R. Okoyeuzu; Okoro E.U. Okoro; Elizabeth U. Okechukwu Purpose The main aim of this study was to examine whether any relationship exists between energy consumption and value added of the agricultural and industrial sector as well...

...Abbas Ali Chandio; Yuansheng Jiang; Abdul Rehman Purpose This study aims to empirically examine the relationship between energy consumption and agricultural economic growth in Pakistan over the period from 1984 to 2016. Design/methodology/approach This study used the autoregressive distributed...

...Ismail Olaleke Fasanya; Temitope Festus Odudu; Oluwasegun Adekoya Purpose This paper aims to model the relationship between oil price and six major agricultural commodity prices using monthly data from January 1997 to December 2016. Design/methodology/approach The authors use both the linear...

... is growing as alternatives for fossil fuels are sought. To avoid competition for land area with food and timber crops, different wastes and residues can be used, e.g. from agriculture, forestry and other industries as well as biowaste from households (Kretschmer et al., 2012). Also, some policies...

... conservation. Thus, this kind of material is incurred waste in the course of silvicultural, agricultural and/or horticultural activities as long as they primarily maintain the countryside (Lovens, 2010). This is the case in certain types of areas: legally protected biotopes; specially protected...

... from which decision maker can analyze the energy consumption pattern, PCEC, adult equivalent, etc. Decision making Energy balance Biomass End-use models Energy sector Agricultural Energy is essential for economic and social development of a region or a country. Improving energy...