Carbon footprinting of New Zealand lamb from the perspective of an exporting nation

Animal Frontiers

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-45

  Ledgard, Stewart F ^a   Lieffering, Mark ^b   Coup, Dan ^c   O'Brien, Ben ^d  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c Meat Industry Association of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d Beef+Lamb New Zealand Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coproduct; Grassland; Life cycle assessment; Reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888852312     PISSN: 21606056     EISSN: 21606064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/af.2011-0010     Document Type: Article

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