Sentence examples for use of cropland from inspiring English sources

Since it is questioned whether the competing use of cropland for biogas instead of food or feed production is desirable and sustainable, balancing both production lines to counteract one-sided overproduction must be attempted.

Food production's contribution to greenhouse gases could be driven down further by more efficient use of cropland, fertilizer and irrigation and by measures that reduce food waste, they said.

However, because of their large feed requirements, efficiency gains in livestock systems that are based on the enhanced use of cropland-derived concentrate feedstuff can also aggravate land competition for food production8,28,32.

During the early stages of spring migration use of croplands was high suggesting that whooper swans likely moved into agricultural fields to forage before departing for breeding areas.

However, there was also a pattern wherein use of croplands and urban areas tended to increase from the early to late winter, eventually constituting >90% of all locations just prior to spring migration.

The increased use of croplands by whooper swans during late winter also was reflected in an increase in poultry exposure during late winter, with the highest poultry densities recorded from mid-February to mid-March.

These results imply that there is a need to recognize the potential positive role of cropland use in pest management and call for more judicious insecticide use strategies by smallholder farmers in the North China Plain.

They analysed the interactions between birds and future land use (proportion of cropland), whereas we analysed the interactions between vertebrates and present land use (proportion of non-cropland that could be cleared or degraded).

However, use of the cropland data layers provided a means for estimating pesticide use on a scale smaller than state or county boundaries.

Searchinger, T. et al. Use of US croplands for biofuels increases greenhouse gases through emissions from land use change.

This publication reports on the use and availability of cropland for current and future production, by acreage.