Life cycle assessment for the agri-food sector

Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS): Improving Sustainability and Competitiveness in the Agri-Food Chain with Innovative Environmental Management Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 105-122

  Arzoumanidis, Ioannis ^a   Petti, Luigia ^a   Raggi, Andrea ^a   Zamagni, Alessandra ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food; LCA methodological issues; Life cycle assessment; Meta review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905913267     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6116-2_5     Document Type: Chapter

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