A farm-focused calculator for emissions from crop and livestock production

Environmental Modelling and Software

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1070-1078

  Hillier, Jonathan ^a   Walter, Christof ^b   Malin, Daniella ^c   Garcia Suarez, Tirma ^b   Mila i Canals, Llorenç ^b   Smith, Pete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Sustainable Food Lab   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cool farm tool; Emissions; GHG

Indexed keywords

COOL FARM TOOL; CROP CULTIVATION; DECISION SUPPORTS; EMISSIONS; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FARM-SCALE; FERTILISERS; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; GHG; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; LEGUMINOUS CROPS; LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MITIGATION STRATEGY; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; NO-TILL; ON CURRENTS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DISTURBANCES;

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DEFORESTATION; FARMS; FERTILIZERS; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MACHINERY; MANUFACTURE; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OPEN SYSTEMS; SOILS; SURVEYS;

GAS EMISSIONS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COMBUSTION; CROP PRODUCTION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DEFORESTATION; EMISSION CONTROL; EMISSION INVENTORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOSSIL FUEL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GAS; LEGUME; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NITROUS OXIDE; SOFTWARE; SOIL CARBON;

EID: 79955922612     PISSN: 13648152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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