Biotechnology

Biotecnología

The science or practice of farming, including growing crops and raising animals for the production of food, fiber, fuel and other products. [NALT]
Agriculture or farming is the cultivation and breeding of animals, plants and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance human life. [AGROVOC]

Agriculture

Agricultura

4-H Agricultural Science

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Raw material that functions as source of energy (e.g. petroleum, natural gas, coal), electricity, steam and forms of renewable energy.

Energy Sources

Biofuels and Biofuel Production

Biocombustibles

Biomass

Biomasa

Livestock wastes can be important sources of nutrients for crops, but manure must be managed properly to prevent loss of nutrients to the environment. One method of stabilizing manure is anaerobic digestion, a microbe-mediated process carried out in the absence of oxygen that breaks down the complex organic compounds in the manure into simpler compounds. The process results in the production of renewable energy in the form of methane-rich biogas.

Biofuels and Biofuel Production

Narrower Topics

Anaerobic Digester Systems

Biofuel Crop Production

Cellulosic Bioethanol

Publications

Biofuel: Concepts and Considerations