Accounting for farm diversity in Life Cycle Assessment studies - The case of poultry production in a tropical island

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 280-292

  Thévenot, Alexandre ^a,b,c   Aubin, Joël ^d,e   Tillard, Emmanuel ^a   Vayssières, Jonathan ^a  

^a UMR SELMET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^c Crête d'Or Entreprise ^*  (France)

^d UMR SAS   (France)

^e AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

Author keywords

Broiler supply chain; Cluster analysis; Life Cycle Assessment; Mitigation scenarios; Reunion island; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AGRICULTURAL SUPPLY CHAINS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MITIGATION MEASURES; MITIGATION SCENARIOS; REUNION ISLAND; TRANSPORT DISTANCES; UNCERTAINTY;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84883458530     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.05.027     Document Type: Article

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