Influence of Management Practices on Economic and Environmental Performance of Crops. A Case Study in Spanish Horticulture

Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 635-659

  Fenollosa, M L ^a   Ribal, J ^a   Lidon A ^a   Bautista, I ^a   Juraske, R ^b   Clemente, G ^a   Sanjuan, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

crop management; Life Cycle Assessment; Life Cycle Costing; tigernut; variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901237383     PISSN: 21683565     EISSN: 21683573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21683565.2014.896302     Document Type: Article

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