Life cycle assessment of Colombian greenhouse tomato production based on farmer-level survey data

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 69, Issue , 2014, Pages 26-33

  Bojacá, Carlos Ricardo ^a   Wyckhuys, Kris A G ^b   Schrevens, Eddie ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD JORGE TADEO LOZANO   (Colombia)

^b Vietnamese Academy of Agricultural Science   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Environmental assessment; Farmer survey; Farming systems; Protected cultivation; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FRUITS; GREENHOUSES; LIFE CYCLE; MACHINERY; SURVEYS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION POTENTIALS; FARMING SYSTEM; GREENHOUSE TOMATOES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); RAW MATERIAL EXTRACTION; RESOURCES CONSUMPTION; SKEWED DISTRIBUTION;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84897137928     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.078     Document Type: Article

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