Turning electricity into food: The role of renewable energy in the future of agriculture

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 224-231

  Bardi, Ugo ^a   El Asmar, Toufic ^a   Lavacchi, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b ICCOM CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate change; Fossil fuels; Renewable energy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PROCESS; FOSSIL HYDROCARBONS; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; MODERN AGRICULTURES; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRICITY; FOSSIL FUELS; PHOSPHATE FERTILIZERS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

AGRICULTURE;

EID: 84878905235     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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