Carbon footprint of premium quality export bananas: Case study in Ecuador, the world's largest exporter

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 1082-1088

  Iriarte, Alfredo ^a   Almeida, Maria Gabriela ^a   Villalobos, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; Life cycle assessment; Overseas transport; PAS 2050; Supply chain; Tropical fruit

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; FRUITS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIFE CYCLE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE; INTERNATIONAL MARKETS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); OVERSEAS TRANSPORT; PAS 2050; TROPICAL FRUITS; UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXPORT; FRUIT; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BANANA; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD EXPORTATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ECUADOR;

MUSA;

GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) EMISSIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OVERSEAS TRANSPORT; PAS 2050; SUPPLY CHAIN; TROPICAL FRUIT;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECUADOR; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MUSA;

EID: 84890818856     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.072     Document Type: Article

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