Landscaping instead of monoculture
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 09:00
in Earth & Climate
Producing biogas from silage maize booms may seem like a good idea, but this green energy production also has its drawbacks: Maize monocultures block increasingly large areas for food production and result in a monotonous landscape. So far unused grass from landscaping is an ecological alternative, if economic drawbacks are compensated, conclude European researchers.