Environmental assessment of the citrus fruit production in sicily using lca

Italian Journal of Food Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-212

  Lo Giudice, A ^a   Mbohwa, C ^a   Clasadonte, M T ^b   Ingrao, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b University of Catania and CESifo Research Network   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agri food; Citrus fruit production; Environmental hotspots; Life Cycle Assessment

Indexed keywords

CITRUS;

EID: 84884171679     PISSN: 11201770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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