Carbon footprint of a Cavendish banana supply chain

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1450-1464

  Svanes, Erik ^a   Aronsson, Anna K S ^b  

^a Ostfold Research   (Norway)

^b SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bananas; Carbon footprint; Fruit; ISO 14067; PCR

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BANANA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER; COSTA RICA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD CHAIN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDIZATION; TROPICS;

MUSA ACUMINATA;

EID: 84884356958     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0602-4     Document Type: Article

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