Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from feed supply chains by utilizing regionally produced protein sources: The case of Austrian dairy production

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1118-1127

  Hörtenhuber, Stefan Josef ^a,b   Lindenthal, Thomas ^b   Zollitsch, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) Austria   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions; Carbon footprint; Dairy cow; Land use change; Protein; Soybean meal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; DAIRYING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATTLE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DAIRYING; DIETARY PROTEINS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT;

BOS; BRASSICA NAPUS; GLYCINE MAX; HELIANTHUS; VICIA FABA;

EID: 79952751059     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.4293     Document Type: Article

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