Method for calculating carbon footprint of cattle feeds - Including contribution from soil carbon changes and use of cattle manure

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-51

  Mogensen, Lisbeth ^a   Kristensen, Troels ^a   Nguyen, Thu Lan T ^a   Knudsen, Marie Trydeman ^a   Hermansen, John E ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Animal feed crops; Carbon footprint (CF); Land use change (LUC); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Soil carbon change

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; MANURES; MATERIALS HANDLING;

ANIMAL FEED; ARTIFICIAL FERTILIZERS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION; PRODUCTION SCHEMES; SOIL CARBON;

SOILS;

ANIMALIA; BOS;

EID: 84901344600     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.02.023     Document Type: Article

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