The water footprint of coffee and tea consumption in the Netherlands

Ecological Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 109-118

  Chapagain, A K ^a   Hoekstra, A Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coffee; Global water resources; Tea; Trade; Virtual water; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

COFFEE; CROP PRODUCTION; TEA; WATER DEMAND; WATER USE;

ASIA; BENELUX; BRAZIL; CHINA; COLOMBIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; INDONESIA; NETHERLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SRI LANKA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34548764906     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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