Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Chisinau, 2021
Maize is used both
directly in human nutrition and as a raw material in starch, glucose, oil and
feed industry. Maize grain is a very good source of energy, being rich in
starch and high digestibility of starch increase the nutritional value. Maize
is also important roughage used in animal nutrition as green and as silage. The
efficiency and profitability of agricultural production depends on energy
consumption. Today, agricultural production technologies are developing rapidly
and aiming higher profitability. Maize is
increasingly used as a feedstock for the production of ethanol fuel.
When considering where to construct an ethanol plant, one of the site selection
criteria is to ensure there is locally available feedstock. Ethanol is mixed
with gasoline to decrease the amount of pollutants emitted when used to fuel
motor vehicles. The price of food is affected to a certain degree by the use of
maize for biofuel production. The cost of transportation, production, and
marketing are a large portion of the price of food. Higher energy costs affect
these costs, especially transportation.