Resource use in a low-input organic vegetable food supply system in UK - a case study
Abstract
Until now the demand for food has been met by the use of abundant and cheap fossil fuels; however, we need to reconsider our modes of production to avoid a global environmental crisis. Food production systems should increasingly rely on renewable inputs and increase their stability by reducing dependency on external inputs. We apply the emergy approach to evaluate resource use efficiency of a food supply system in the UK. The main questions for this study were how much the system contributes to society by taking advantage of local renewable flows, and how much it depends on input from society.
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Conference Poster, 2014
UN SDG Classification
DK Main Research Area
Science/Technology
