Farm costs and food miles: An assessment of the full cost of the UK weekly food basket

Food Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Pretty, J N ^a   Ball, A S ^a   Lang, T ^b   Morison, J I L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTION; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 15444376215     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.02.001     Document Type: Article

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