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Kyle Proctor
Department of Biological and Ecological Engineering, College of Agricultural Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA

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Journal article
Published: 06 March 2021 in Sustainability
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The challenge of meeting growing food and energy demand while also mitigating climate change drives the development and adoption of renewable technologies ad approaches. Agrivoltaic systems are an approach that allows for both agricultural and electrical production on the same land area. These systems have the potential to reduced water demand and increase the overall water productivity of certain crops. We observed the microclimate and growth characteristics of Tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicon var. Legend) grown within three locations on an Agrivoltaic field (control, interrow, and below panels) and with two different irrigation treatments (full and deficit). Total crop yield was highest in the control fully irrigated areas a, b (88.42 kg/row, 68.13 kg/row), and decreased as shading increased, row full irrigated areas a, b had 53.59 kg/row, 32.76 kg/row, panel full irrigated areas a, b had (33.61 kg/row, 21.64 kg/row). Water productivity in the interrow deficit treatments was 53.98 kg/m3 greater than the control deficit, and 24.21 kg/m3 greater than the panel deficit, respectively. These results indicate the potential of Agrivoltaic systems to improve water productivity even for crops that are traditionally considered shade-intolerant.

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Hadi Al-Agele; Kyle Proctor; Ganti Murthy; Chad Higgins. A Case Study of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon var. Legend) Production and Water Productivity in Agrivoltaic Systems. Sustainability 2021, 13, 2850 .

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Hadi Al-Agele, Kyle Proctor, Ganti Murthy, Chad Higgins. A Case Study of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon var. Legend) Production and Water Productivity in Agrivoltaic Systems. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (5):2850.

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Hadi Al-Agele; Kyle Proctor; Ganti Murthy; Chad Higgins. 2021. "A Case Study of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicon var. Legend) Production and Water Productivity in Agrivoltaic Systems." Sustainability 13, no. 5: 2850.

Journal article
Published: 25 December 2020 in Sustainability
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Agrivoltaic systems combine solar photovoltaic energy production with agriculture to improve land-use efficiency. We provide an upper-bound reduced-order cost estimate for widespread implementation of Agrivoltaic systems in the United States. We find that 20% of the US’ total electricity generation can be met with Agrivoltaic systems if less than 1% of the annual US budget is invested into rural infrastructure. Simultaneously, Agrivoltaic systems align well with existing Green New Deal goals. Widescale installation of Agrivoltaic systems can lead to a carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions reduction equivalent to removing 71,000 cars from the road annually and the creation of over 100,000 jobs in rural communities. Agrivoltaics provide a rare chance for true synergy: more food, more energy, lower water demand, lower carbon emissions, and more prosperous rural communities.

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Kyle Proctor; Ganti Murthy; Chad Higgins. Agrivoltaics Align with Green New Deal Goals While Supporting Investment in the US’ Rural Economy. Sustainability 2020, 13, 137 .

AMA Style

Kyle Proctor, Ganti Murthy, Chad Higgins. Agrivoltaics Align with Green New Deal Goals While Supporting Investment in the US’ Rural Economy. Sustainability. 2020; 13 (1):137.

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Kyle Proctor; Ganti Murthy; Chad Higgins. 2020. "Agrivoltaics Align with Green New Deal Goals While Supporting Investment in the US’ Rural Economy." Sustainability 13, no. 1: 137.

Review article
Published: 09 October 2020 in Science of The Total Environment
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The Food- Energy – Water (FEW) nexus has been promoted as a tool for improving food, energy, and water resource security via an interdisciplinary approach that acknowledges the inherent synergies and tradeoffs involved in managing these resources. Over the past decade discussion of the nexus has increased rapidly, along with research funding and output. However, because the nexus encompasses so many different disciplines, researchers engage with and study the nexus from differing perspectives with distinct motivations and analytical methodologies. Understanding these motivations is critical to understanding the value of a given work. This paper first uses a narrative review to identify the motivations and toolsets of five key perspectives used to view the nexus, including: ecosystem health, waste management, public and private institutional change, stakeholder trust, and the learning process. Then, a systematic review is conducted to examine how publication trends have changed over the past decade, both generally and for each of these perspectives. The Food-Energy-Water nexus is not the first systems-based approach for addressing resource management and critiques of the nexus as a “Buzzword” or simply a reinvention of previous systems are growing in the literature. Challenging authors to explicitly define the role and motivations of their research within the broader category of the FEW nexus can improve the actionability of the research, better allow researchers to build from each other's work, and help reduce the ambiguity surrounding the nexus.

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Kyle Proctor; Seyed M.H. Tabatabaie; Ganti S. Murthy. Gateway to the perspectives of the Food-Energy-Water nexus. Science of The Total Environment 2020, 764, 142852 .

AMA Style

Kyle Proctor, Seyed M.H. Tabatabaie, Ganti S. Murthy. Gateway to the perspectives of the Food-Energy-Water nexus. Science of The Total Environment. 2020; 764 ():142852.

Chicago/Turabian Style

Kyle Proctor; Seyed M.H. Tabatabaie; Ganti S. Murthy. 2020. "Gateway to the perspectives of the Food-Energy-Water nexus." Science of The Total Environment 764, no. : 142852.