The value of producing food, energy, and ecosystem services within an agro-ecosystem

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The value of producing food, energy, and ecosystem services within an agro-ecosystem. / Porter, John Roy; Constanza, Robert; Sandhu, Harpinder; Sigsgaard, Lene; Wratten, Steve.

In: Ambio, Vol. 38, No. 4, 2009, p. 186-193.

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Porter, JR, Constanza, R, Sandhu, H, Sigsgaard, L & Wratten, S 2009, 'The value of producing food, energy, and ecosystem services within an agro-ecosystem', Ambio, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 186-193. https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-38.4.186

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Porter, J. R., Constanza, R., Sandhu, H., Sigsgaard, L., & Wratten, S. (2009). The value of producing food, energy, and ecosystem services within an agro-ecosystem. Ambio, 38(4), 186-193. https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-38.4.186

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Porter JR, Constanza R, Sandhu H, Sigsgaard L, Wratten S. The value of producing food, energy, and ecosystem services within an agro-ecosystem. Ambio. 2009;38(4):186-193. https://doi.org/10.1579/0044-7447-38.4.186

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Porter, John Roy ; Constanza, Robert ; Sandhu, Harpinder ; Sigsgaard, Lene ; Wratten, Steve. / The value of producing food, energy, and ecosystem services within an agro-ecosystem. In: Ambio. 2009 ; Vol. 38, No. 4. pp. 186-193.

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abstract = "Ecosystem Services within an Agro-EcosystemAgricultural ecosystems produce food, fiber, and nonmarketedecosystem services (ES). Agriculture alsotypically involves high negative external costs associatedwith, for example, fossil fuel use. We estimated, via fieldscaleecological monitoring and economic value-transfermethods, the market and nonmarket ES value of acombined food and energy (CFE) agro-ecosystem thatsimultaneously produces food, fodder, and bioenergy.Such novel CFE agro-ecosystems can provide a significantlyincreased net crop, energy, and nonmarketed EScompared with conventional agriculture, and requiremarkedly less fossil-based inputs. Extrapolated to theEuropean scale, the value of nonmarket ES from the CFEsystem exceeds current European farm subsidy payments.Such integrated food and bioenergy systems canthus provide environmental value for money for EuropeanUnion farming and nonfarming communities.",
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