Sustainability of poultry production using the emergy approach: Comparison of conventional and organic rearing systems

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 114, Issue 2-4, 2006, Pages 343-350

  Castellini, Cesare ^a   Bastianoni, Simone ^b   Granai, Claudio ^b   Bosco, Alessandro Dal ^a   Brunetti, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergy; Organic farming system; Poultry production

Indexed keywords

EMERGY; ORGANIC FARMING; POULTRY; SUSTAINABILITY;

AVES;

EID: 33645243767     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2005.11.014     Document Type: Article

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