Landscape Management for Sustainable Supplies of Bioenergy Feedstock and Enhanced Soil Quality
Agriculture can simultaneously address global food, feed, fiber, and energy challenges provided our soil, water, and air resources are not compromised in doing so. Our objective is to present a landscape management concept as an approach for integrating multiple bioenergy feedstock sources into current crop production systems. This is done to show how multiple, increasing global challenges can be met in a sustainable manner. We discuss how collaborative research among USDAAgricultural Research Service (ARS), US Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), several university extension and research partners, and industry representatives [known as the Renewable Energy Assessment Project (REAP) team] has led to the development of computer-based decision aids for guiding sustainable bioenergy feedstock production. The decision aids, known initially as the «Corn Stover Tool» and more recently as the «Landscape Environmental Assessment Framework» (LEAF) are tools designed to recognize the importance of nature’s diversity and can therefore be used to guide sustainable feedstock production without having negative impacts on critical ecosystem services. Using a 57 ha farm site in central Iowa, USA, we show how producer decisions regarding corn (Zea mays L.) stover harvest within the US Corn Belt can be made in a more sustainable manner. This example also supports REAP team conclusions that stover should not be harvested if average grain yields are less than 11 Mg ha-1 unless more balanced landscape management practices are implemented. The tools also illustrate the importance of sub-field management and site-specific stover harvest strategies.
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Agriculture can simultaneously address global food, feed, fiber, and energy challenges provided our soil, water, and air resources are not compromised in doing so. Our objective is to present a landscape management concept as an approach for integrating multiple bioenergy feedstock sources into current crop production systems. This is done to show how multiple, increasing global challenges can be met in a sustainable manner. We discuss how collaborative research among USDAAgricultural Research Service (ARS), US Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), several university extension and research partners, and industry representatives [known as the Renewable Energy Assessment Project (REAP) team] has led to the development of computer-based decision aids for guiding sustainable bioenergy feedstock production. The decision aids, known initially as the «Corn Stover Tool» and more recently as the «Landscape Environmental Assessment Framework» (LEAF) are tools designed to recognize the importance of nature’s diversity and can therefore be used to guide sustainable feedstock production without having negative impacts on critical ecosystem services. Using a 57 ha farm site in central Iowa, USA, we show how producer decisions regarding corn (Zea mays L.) stover harvest within the US Corn Belt can be made in a more sustainable manner. This example also supports REAP team conclusions that stover should not be harvested if average grain yields are less than 11 Mg ha-1 unless more balanced landscape management practices are implemented. The tools also illustrate the importance of sub-field management and site-specific stover harvest strategies. |
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oai:oai.agrocienciauruguay.uy:article-4832022-12-23T12:01:22Z Landscape Management for Sustainable Supplies of Bioenergy Feedstock and Enhanced Soil Quality Gestión del paisaje para la producción sustentable de materia prima para bioenergía y mejora de la calidad del suelo Karlen, Douglas L. Muth, David J. Jr. soil management soil quality soil conservation bioenergy sustainable agriculture manejo de suelos calidad de suelos conservación de suelos bioenergía agricultura sostenible Agriculture can simultaneously address global food, feed, fiber, and energy challenges provided our soil, water, and air resources are not compromised in doing so. Our objective is to present a landscape management concept as an approach for integrating multiple bioenergy feedstock sources into current crop production systems. This is done to show how multiple, increasing global challenges can be met in a sustainable manner. We discuss how collaborative research among USDAAgricultural Research Service (ARS), US Department of Energy (DOE) Idaho National Laboratory (INL), several university extension and research partners, and industry representatives [known as the Renewable Energy Assessment Project (REAP) team] has led to the development of computer-based decision aids for guiding sustainable bioenergy feedstock production. The decision aids, known initially as the «Corn Stover Tool» and more recently as the «Landscape Environmental Assessment Framework» (LEAF) are tools designed to recognize the importance of nature’s diversity and can therefore be used to guide sustainable feedstock production without having negative impacts on critical ecosystem services. Using a 57 ha farm site in central Iowa, USA, we show how producer decisions regarding corn (Zea mays L.) stover harvest within the US Corn Belt can be made in a more sustainable manner. This example also supports REAP team conclusions that stover should not be harvested if average grain yields are less than 11 Mg ha-1 unless more balanced landscape management practices are implemented. The tools also illustrate the importance of sub-field management and site-specific stover harvest strategies. La agricultura puede abordar simultáneamente los desafíos de producción global de alimentos, forrajes, fibra y energía, siempre que los recursos suelo, agua y aire no se comprometan al hacerlo. Nuestro objetivo es presentar un concepto de gestión del paisaje como un enfoque para integrar múltiples fuentes de materia prima para bioenergía a los sistemas actuales de producción de cultivos. Esto se hace para mostrar cómo múltiples demandas globales pueden ser atendidas y resueltas de manera sostenible. Discutimos cómo la investigación colaborativa entre el servicio de investigación agrícola del USDA (ARS), el Laboratorio Nacional de Idaho del Departamento de Energía (DOE) de Estados Unidos (INL) (DOE), y varios socios de investigación y extensión de la Universidad, junto con representantes de la industria [conocidos como el equipo de proyecto de evaluación de energía renovable (REAP)] condujo al desarrollo de lineamientos informáticos para guiar la toma de decisiones en la producción sostenible de materia prima para generación de bioenergía. El producto conocido inicialmente como «herramienta de rastrojo de maíz» y más recientemente como «Landscape Environmental Assessment Framework (LEAF) está diseñado para reconocer la importancia de la diversidad de la naturaleza y por lo tanto, puede utilizarse para guiar la producción sostenible de materia prima, sin impactos negativos en los servicios de los ecosistemas críticos. Usando un predio agrícola de 57 hectáreas en Iowa central, USA, mostramos cómo las decisiones del productor sobre la cosecha 122 Agrociencia Uruguay de rastrojo de maíz (Zea mays L.), en el cinturón maicero de Estados Unidos, pueden hacerse en forma más sostenible. Este ejemplo también respalda las conclusiones del equipo REAP en cuanto a que no debe ser cosechado el rastrojo si los rendimientos medios de grano son menores de 11 Mg ha-1 a menos que se implementen prácticas más equilibradas de manejo del paisaje. La herramienta también ilustra la importancia de la gestión del subsuelo y de estrategias de cosecha del rastrojo específicas para cada lugar. Coeditada entre Facultad de Agronomía - Udelar y el Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA) 2013-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://agrocienciauruguay.uy/index.php/agrociencia/article/view/483 10.31285/AGRO.17.483 Agrociencia Uruguay; Vol. 17 No. 2 (2013); 121- 130 Agrociencia Uruguay; Vol. 17 Núm. 2 (2013); 121- 130 Agrociencia Uruguay; v. 17 n. 2 (2013); 121- 130 2730-5066 eng https://agrocienciauruguay.uy/index.php/agrociencia/article/view/483/404 Copyright (c) 2020 Agrociencia Uruguay http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |