Life cycle assessment of food production in integrated agriculture-aquaculture systems of the Mekong Delta

Livestock Science

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 80-90

  Phong, L T ^a,b   de Boer, I J M ^b   Udo, H M J ^b  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Integrated agriculture aquaculture; Life cycle assessment; Mekong Delta

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE;

EID: 79957978758     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.03.015     Document Type: Article

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