Influence of scenario uncertainty in agricultural inputs on life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural production systems: The case of chemical fertilizers in Japan

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 109-115

  Hayashi, Kiyotada ^a   Makino, Naoki ^b   Shobatake, Koichi ^b   Hokazono, Shingo ^a  

^a FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TCO2 Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agricultural inputs; Comparative LCA; Fertilizers; Inventory analysis; Scenario uncertainty; Uncertainty intervals

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FERTILIZERS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE;

AGRICULTURAL INPUTS; COMPARATIVE LCA; INVENTORY ANALYSIS; SCENARIO UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY INTERVALS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84901304267     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.11.051     Document Type: Article

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