Bioenergy aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and contribute to meeting
global climate change mitigation targets. Nevertheless, several sustainability concerns are …

Bioenergy deployment offers significant potential for climate change mitigation, but also
carries considerable risks. In this review, we bring together perspectives of various …

A vibrant, resilient and productive agricultural sector is fundamental to achieving the
Sustainable Development Goals. Bringing about such a transformation requires optimizing a …

Agriculture is being challenged to provide food, and increasingly fuel, for an expanding
global population. Producing bioenergy crops on marginal lands—farmland suboptimal for …

Marginal land has received wide attention for its potential to produce bioenergy feedstocks
while minimizing diversion of productive agricultural land from food crop production …

Crop residue incorporation is a common practice to increase or restore organic matter stocks
in agricultural soils. However, this practice often increases emissions of the powerful …

Bioenergy buffers are linear landscape elements cultivated with perennial herbaceous or
woody biomass crops placed along arable field margins and watercourses. This systematic …

Perennial crops can deliver a wide range of ecosystem services compared to annual crops.
Some of these benefits are achieved by lengthening the growing season, which increases …

Nutrient loadings of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) to aquatic environments are of
increasing concern globally for managing ecosystems, drinking water supply and food …

A wealth of data and information on the cultivation of perennial biomass crops has been
collected, but direct comparisons between herbaceous and woody crops are rare. The main …