Jochen Bundschuh Janusz Piechocki D. Chandrasekharam
The agri-food chain consumes about one third of the world's energy production with about 12% of it for crop production and nearly 80% for processing, distribution, retail, preparation and cooking. The agri-food chain also accounts for 80-90% of total global freshwater use where 70% alone is for irrigation. Additionally, on a global scale, freshwater production consumes nearly 15% of the entire energy production. It can therefore be argued that making agriculture and the agri-food supply chain independent from fossil fuel use has a huge potential to contribute to global food security and...
The agri-food chain consumes about one third of the world's energy production with about 12% of it for crop production and nearly 80% for processin...
