Challenges in assessing the environmental impacts of crop production and horticulture

Environmental Assessment and Management in the Food Industry: Life Cycle Assessment and Related Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 98-116

  Nemecek, T ^a   Gaillard, G ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crop production; Data collection; Functional unit; Horticulture; System boundaries; Variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878883677     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-84569-552-1.50006-0     Document Type: Chapter

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