Emergy evaluation of Sicilian red orange production. A comparison between organic and conventional farming

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 1907-1914

  La Rosa, A D ^a   Siracusa, G ^a   Cavallaro, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b Institute of Citriculture   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood oranges; Emergy method; Organic agriculture; Sustainability index

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BLOOD ORANGES; EMERGY ANALYSIS; EMERGY METHOD; EMERGY YIELD RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADING RATIO; ORGANIC AGRICULTURE; ORGANIC PRODUCTION; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

EID: 50349099293     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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