Green energy or organic food? A life-cycle assessment comparing two uses of set-aside land

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 65-87

  Van den Broek, Richard ^a   Treffers, Dirk Jan ^a   Meeusen, Marieke ^a   Van Wijk, Ad ^a   Nieuwlaar, Evert ^a   Turkenburg, Wim ^a  

^a ECORYS Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomass energy; Energy crops; Land use; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Organic agriculture; Winter wheat

Indexed keywords

SALIX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0035740181     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/108819801760049477     Document Type: Article

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