Operationalising eco-efficiency in agriculture: The example of specialised dairy farms in Flanders

Progress in Industrial Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 41-53

  Meul, Marijke ^a   Nevens, Frank ^a   Verbruggen, Ignace ^a   Reheul, Dirk ^b   Hofman, Georges ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dairy farming; Eco efficiency; Energy use efficiency; Flanders; Nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; DAIRY FARMING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MILK PRODUCTION; NITROGEN;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547655945     PISSN: 14768917     EISSN: 14788764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2007.013856     Document Type: Article

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