Design of sustainability indicators of the production systems in Brazilian semi-arid area by the analysis of biomass flows

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 106-121

  Andrieu, Nadine ^a   Piraux, Marc ^b   Tonneau, Jean Philippe ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agroecology; Balances of the resources of the farm; Biomass flow; Brazil; Sustainability indicators

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CONTROL; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

AGROECOLOGY; FERTILITY; PASTURES; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS;

ARID REGIONS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGROECOLOGY; BIOMASS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEFORESTATION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547731367     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2007.014417     Document Type: Article

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