Integrated emergy and economic evaluation of tea production chains in Anxi, China

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 354-362

  Zeng, Xianshu ^a,b   Lu, Hongfang ^a   Campbell, Daniel E ^c   Ren, Hai ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; Emergy synthesis; Statistical analysis; Sustainable development; Tea production

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CHEMICAL LOADING; ECONOMIC EVALUATIONS; EMERGY SYNTHESIS; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; PRODUCTION CHAIN; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY INDEX;

FERTILIZERS; LOADING; PLANNING; STATISTICAL METHODS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMERGY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; ORGANIC FARMING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TEA; TREE PLANTING;

CHINA;

EID: 84885461466     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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