The following is a list of publications from researchers at the Resilient Food Initiative:
Parajuli R., Dalgaard T., Birkved M. (2018). Can farmers mitigate environmental impacts through combined production of food, fuel and feed? – a consequential life cycle assessment of integrated mixed crop-livestock system with a green biorefinery. Science of the Total Environment (619-620), 127-143.
Corona A., Parajuli R., Birkved M., et al. (2017-submitted). Environmental screening of potential biomass for green biorefinery conversion.
Djomo S.N., Knudsen M.T., Parajuli R., Hermansen JH., et al. (2017). Solving the multifunctionality dilemma in biorefineries with a novel hybrid mass-energy (HMEN) allocation method. Global Change Biology-Bioenergy 9 (11), 1674-1686.
Parajuli R., Dalgaard T., et. al., (2017). Environmental impacts of producing bioethanol and biobased lactic acid from standalone and integrated biorefineries using a consequential and an attributional life cycle assessment approach. Science of the Total Environment 598, 497-512.
Kafle S., Parajuli R., Kim D.H., et al. (2017). A review on Energy systems and GHG emissions reduction plan and policy of the Republic of Korea: past, present, and future. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 73, 1123-1130.
Parajuli R., Dalgaard T., et al., (2017). Environmental life cycle assessment of producing willow, alfalfa and straw from spring barley as feedstocks for bioenergy or biorefinery systems. Science of the Total Environment 586, 226-240.
Dalla Riva, A., Burek J., Kim D., Thoma G., Cassandro M., and De Marchi M. 2017. “The Environmental Analysis of Asiago PDO Cheese: A Case Study from Farm Gate-to-Plant Gate.” Italian Journal of Animal Science. Informa Healthcare USA, Inc: 1–13. doi:10.1080/1828051X.2017.1344936.
A. Dalla Riva, J. Burek, D. Kim, G. Thoma, M. Cassandro, M. De Marchi 2017 Environmental life cycle assessment of Italian mozzarella cheese: Hotspots and improvement opportunities. Journal of Dairy Science, DOI:10.3168/jds.2016-1239
Putman, W.P., Thoma G., Burek, J., Matlock, M.: A retrospective analysis of the United States poultry industry: 1965 compared with 2010. Agricultural Systems 07/2017; 157C:107-117., DOI:10.1016/j.agsy.2017.07.008
Tsiboe, Francis, Lawton Lanier Nalley, Alvaro Durand-Morat, Gregory J Thoma, Aaron M Shew: The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Sheath Blight Resistance in Rice. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 05/2017; 42(2):215–235.
Tichenor, N.E., Peters, C.J., Norris, G.A., Thoma, G., Griffin, T.S., 2017. Life cycle environmental consequences of grass-fed and dairy beef production systems in the Northeastern United States. J. Clean. Prod. 142, 1619–1628. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.11.138
Burek, J., Kim, D., Nutter, D., Selke, S., Auras, R., Cashman, S., Sauer, B. and Thoma, G. (2017), Environmental Sustainability of Fluid Milk Delivery Systems in the United States. Journal of Industrial Ecology. doi:10.1111/jiec.12531
Nalley, L., Tsiboe, F., Durand-Morat, A., Shew, A., Thoma, G., J. Tack, A. Barkley, (2016), The Production, Consumption and Environmental Impacts of Rice Hybridization in the USA” Agronomy Journal, 193–203. doi:10.2134/agronj2016.05.0281.
Nalley, L., Tsiboe, F., Durand-Morat, A., Shew, A., Thoma, G., 2016. Economic and environmental impact of rice blast pathogen (Magnaporthe oryzae) alleviation in the United States. PLoS One 11, 1–15. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0167295
Teillard, F., Maia de Souza, D., Thoma, G., Gerber, P.J., Finn, J.A., 2016. What does Life-Cycle Assessment of agricultural products need for more meaningful inclusion of biodiversity? J. Appl. Ecol. 53, 1422–1429. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12683
Meron, N., Blass, V., Garb, Y., Kahane, Y., Thoma, G., 2016. Why going beyond standard LCI databases is important: lessons from a meta-analysis of potable water supply system LCAs. Int. J. Life Cycle Assess. 21, 1134–1147. doi:10.1007/s11367-016-1096-7
Parajuli R., Dalgaard T., et al., (2017). Environmental life cycle assessments of producing maize, grass-clover, grass and winter wheat straw for biorefinery. Journal of Cleaner Production, 142 (4), 3859-3871.
Kafle S., Parajuli R., Kim D.H., et al. (2016). Potential biomass supply for agro-pellet production from agricultural crop residue in Nepal. Energy Sources, Part A: Recovery, Utilization, and Environmental Effects 38(1), 149-153.
Kafle S., Parajuli R., Kim D.H., et al. (2016, on-press). Forest-Based Biomass Supply Potential and Economics for the Pellet Production in Nepal. International Journal of Green Energy.
Almutairi, K., G. Thoma, J. Burek, S. Algarni, and D. Nutter. 2015. Life cycle assessment and economic analysis of residential air conditioning in Saudi Arabia. Energy and Buildings 102: 370–379. http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0378778815300359.
Savin, M.C., D.C. Wolf, K.J. Davis, E.E. Gbur, and G.J. Thoma. 2015. Nematodes as bioindicators of ecosystem recovery during phytoremediation of crude oil contaminated soil. Int. J. Phytoremediation 17(2): 182–90
Sharara, Mahmoud A., Sammy S. Sadaka, Thomas A. Costello, Karl VanDevender, Julie Carrier, Michael Popp, Greg Thoma, Angele Djioleu: Combustion Kinetics of Swine Manure and Algal Solids. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 09/2015; DOI:10.1007/s10973-015-4970-9
Johnston, Ryan Z., Heather N. Sandefur, Prathamesh Bandekar, Marty D. Matlock, Brian E. Haggard, Greg Thoma: Predicting changes in yield and water use in the production of corn in the United States under climate change scenarios. Ecological Engineering 09/2015; 82:555-565. DOI:10.1016/j.ecoleng.2015.05.021
Wiedemann, S., E. McGahan, C. Murphy, M.-J. Yan, B. Henry, G. Thoma, and S. Ledgard. 2015. Environmental impacts and resource use of Australian beef and lamb exported to the USA determined using life cycle assessment. J. Clean. Prod. PII:S0959652615000773.
Parajuli R., Dalgaard T., et al., (2015). Multi-criteria assessment of yellow, green, and woody biomasses: pre-screening of potential biomasses as feedstocks for biorefineries. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 9, 545-566.
Parajuli R., Dalgaard T., et al., (2015). Biorefining in the prevailing energy and materials crisis: a review of sustainable pathways for biorefinery value chains and sustainability assessment methodologies. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 43(0), 244-63.
Parajuli R., Dalgaard T., et al., (2015). Environmental performance of Miscanthus as a fuel alternative for district heat production. Biomass and Bioenergy 72(0), 104-116.
Lau, C., G.J. Thoma, E.C. Clausen, and D.J. Carrier. (2014). Kinetic Modeling of Xylose Oligomer Degradation during Pretreatment in Dilute Acid or in Water. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 53(6): 2219–2228.
Parajuli R., Løkke S., et al., (2014). Life Cycle Assessment of district heat production in a straw fired CHP plant. Biomass and Bioenergy 68(0), 115-34.
Parajuli R., Østergaard PA., et al. (2014). Energy consumption projection of Nepal: An econometric approach. Renewable Energy 63(0), 432-44.
Parajuli R, Østergaard PA., et al. (2014). A comparison of diesel, biodiesel and solar PV-based water pumping systems in the context of rural Nepal. International Journal of Sustainable Energy 33(3), 536-53.
Parajuli R., (2014). Economics of biodiesel production in the context of fulfilling 20% blending with petro-diesel in Nepal. International Journal of Sustainable Energy 33(2), 435-47.
Parajuli R, Sperling K., et al., (2013). Beyond oil and gas: possible future scenarios for the electricity sector in Saudi Arabia. International Journal of Sustainable Energy 34(2), 71-92.
Parajuli R., (2012). Looking into the Danish energy system: Lesson to be learned by other communities. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 16(4), 191-9.
Parajuli R., (2011). Access to energy in Mid/Far west region-Nepal from the perspective of energy poverty. Renewable Energy 36(9), 2299-304