Water footprint of a large-sized food company: The case of Barilla pasta production

Water Resources and Industry

Volumn 1-2, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-24

  Ruini, L ^a   Marino, M ^b   Pignatelli, S ^b   Laio, F ^c   Ridolfi, L ^c  

^a Barilla GR Flli SpA   (Italy)

^b Life Cycle Engineering ^*  (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Durum wheat; Industrial case; Pasta; Virtual water trade; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882790087     PISSN: 22123717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wri.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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