Sustainability assessment of quality-oriented citrus growing systems in Mediterranean area

Quality - Access to Success

Volumn 15, Issue 141, 2014, Pages 103-108

  de Luca, Anna Irene ^a   Falcone, Giacomo ^a   Stillitano, Teodora ^a   Strano, Alfio ^a   Gulisano, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Citrus crops; Environmental and economic analysis; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle costing (LCC); Sustainability of agricultural processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905381278     PISSN: 15822559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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