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Location Annual energy use (MJ/ha) in the rotation With legumes No legumes Germany 21 100 24 500 France 19900 22500 USA 4305 5699 Canada 7773 9714 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences www.slu.se
Rationale for less energy use in legume-based cropping systems • Reduced energy - no need to apply N fertilizer • Lower N fertilizer requirements for following crops • Lower use of agrochemcials for crop protection Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences www.slu.se
Page 1 and 2: Legumes - moderating climate change
Page 3 and 4: Challenges for agriculture! • Foo
Page 5 and 6: The potential to moderate climate c
Page 7 and 8: Agricultural contribution of GHG em
Page 11 and 12: • 33 - 46 Gt N is annually fixed
Page 13 and 14: N2O emissions 5% of the green house
Page 15 and 16: Examples of total N2O emissions fro
Page 19 and 20: Reasons for this is that: • Legum
Page 21 and 22: Energy use by legume-based and N- f
Page 23: Fossil energy consumed by field pea
Page 27 and 28: Role of legumes-soil carbon sequest
Page 29 and 30: Role of legumes-soil carbon sequest
Page 31 and 32: C losses from the soil system • L
Page 33 and 34: Two scenarios: • Legume roots are
Page 35 and 36: Replacing fossil fuels? • Global
Page 37 and 38: Biomass production for bioenergy
Page 39 and 40: Replacing fossil fuels? • Althoug
Page 41 and 42: Data adopted from Jensen et al 2011
Page 43 and 44: Legume for diesel- Second-generatio
Page 45 and 46: Legumes as feedstocks for biogas pl
Page 47 and 48: Conclusion Need for new breeding pr
Page 49 and 50: Legumes as pharmaceuticals • seed
Page 51 and 52: Legumes contain condensed tannins a
Page 53 and 54: Legumes for use in future biorefine

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