LOCALIZING THE NITROGEN IMPRINT OF THE PARIS FOODSUPPLY: THE POTENTIAL OF ORGANIC FARMING AND CHANGES IN HUMAN DIET

2014 ◽  
pp. 63-86
Author(s):  
G Billen ◽  
J Garnier ◽  
V Thieu ◽  
M Silvestre ◽  
S Barles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Human Diet

scholarly journals Localising the nitrogen imprint of the Paris food supply: the potential of organic farming and changes in human diet

2011 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 10979-11002 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Billen ◽  
J. Garnier ◽  
V. Thieu ◽  
M. Silvestre ◽  
S. Barles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Nitrate Contamination ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Human Diet ◽  
The North

Abstract. The Seine watershed has long been the food-supplying hinterland of Paris, providing most of the animal and vegetal protein consumed in the city. Nowadays, because of the land specialisation of agriculture made possible by the shift from manure-based to synthetic nitrogen fertilisation, the Seine watershed, although it exports 80% of its huge cereal production, still provides most of the cereal consumed by the Paris agglomeration. The meat and milk supply originate, however, mainly from regions in the North and West of France, specialised in animal farming and importing about 30% of their feed from South America. As it works today, this system is responsible for a severe nitrate contamination of surface groundwater resources. Herein two scenarios of re-localising Paris's food supply are explored, based on organic farming and local provision of animal feed. We show that for the Seine watershed it is technically possible to design an agricultural system able to provide all the plant- and animal-based food required by the population, to deliver sub-root water meeting the drinking water standards and still to export a significant proportion of its production to areas less suitable for cereal cultivation. Decreasing the share of animal products in the human diet has a strong impact on the nitrogen imprint of urban food supply.

scholarly journals Localising the nitrogen imprint of the Paris food supply: the potential of organic farming and changes in human diet

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 607-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Billen ◽  
J. Garnier ◽  
V. Thieu ◽  
M. Silvestre ◽  
S. Barles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Food Supply ◽  
Animal Feed ◽  
Groundwater Resources ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Nitrate Contamination ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Human Diet ◽  
The North

Abstract. The Seine watershed has long been the food-supplying hinterland of Paris, providing most of the animal and vegetal protein consumed in the city. Nowadays, the shift from manure-based to synthetic nitrogen fertilisation, has made possible a strong land specialisation of agriculture in the Seine watershed: it still provides most of the cereal consumed by the Paris agglomeration, but exports 80% of its huge cereal production. On the other hand the meat and milk supply originates mainly from regions in the North and West of France, specialised in animal farming and importing about 30% of their feed from South America. As it works today, this system is responsible for a severe nitrate contamination of surface and groundwater resources. Herein two scenarios of re-localising Paris's food supply are explored, based on organic farming and local provision of animal feed. We show that for the Seine watershed it is technically possible to design an agricultural system able to provide all the plant- and animal-based food required by the population, to deliver sub-root water meeting the drinking water standards and still to export a significant proportion of its production to areas less suitable for cereal cultivation. Decreasing the share of animal products in the human diet has a strong impact on the nitrogen imprint of urban food supply.

Benzoxazinoids in human diet: an anti-cancer agent?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Bhattarai ◽  
SK Steffensen ◽  
PL Gregersen ◽  
JH Jensen ◽  
KD Sørensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Diet ◽  
Anti Cancer ◽  
Cancer Agent

Legal framework for improvement of agroecology by cultivating jerusalem artichoke

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-66
Author(s):  
Mykhailo Kosmii ◽  
Vasyl. Kasiianchuk ◽  
Ruslan Zhyrak ◽  
Ivan Krykhovetskyi
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Jerusalem Artichoke ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Scientific Cognition

The purpose of this paper is to analyze and research the legal mechanisms which make it possible to improve agroecology through the organization of cultivation of Jerusalem artichoke.Methodology. The methodology includes comprehensive analysis and generalization of available scientific, theoretical, practical and applied material and development of relevant conclusions and recommendations. During the research, the following methods of scientific cognition were used: dialectical, terminological, historical and legal, logical and normative, systemic and structural, functional, normative and dogmatic, generalization methods. Results. The process of analysis and research highlighted the possibilities of cultivating Jerusalem artichoke for improving agroecology, namely improving the ecological state of the atmosphere air and soil, preparing them for organic farming. The article contains examples of practical application of tubers of Jerusalem artichoke and herbage for the production of therapeutic and prophylactic products, alternative energy and highly efficient building materials. Scientific novelty. The study found that the authors summarized and systematized the levels of legal regulation in the field of using Jerusalem artichoke for improving agroecology, preparing soil for organic farming, in particular: the inter-sectoral level which covers the interaction of agricultural and environmental law in terms of cultivation and use of Jerusalem artichoke; the level of integrated environmental and legal regulation; level of individual resource (floristic) legal regulation; the level of environmental protection (anthropoprotection) legislation.Practical importance. The results of the study can be used in law-making and environmental protection activities related to issues of cultivating and using the Jerusalem artichoke as a means of improving agroecology.

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