new report: EROI and Embodied Land of potato cultivation

The question was: output in Dutch agriculture is huge, but what about the input? Previous research showed that on average there is 6 times more energy input needed as food energy delivered, but what about some specific cultivations ? This research develops a methodology to assess cultivations separately , possibly to be combined for the impact of a farm or region. Its growing potatoes that was used as a pilot. ( the report is in Dutch). ( potatoes have small positive EROI : 4-1, but have large Embodied Land: 1-6 )

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