Reducing nitrous oxide emissions from the global food system

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 9-10, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-64

  Oenema, Oene ^a   Ju, Xiaotang ^b   de Klein, Cecile ^c   Alfaro, Marta ^d   del Prado, Agustin ^e   Lesschen, Jan Peter ^a   Zheng, Xunhua ^f   Velthof, Gerard ^a   Ma, Lin ^a   Gao, Bing ^b   Kroeze, Carolien ^a   Sutton, Mark ^g  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^d Agricultural Research Institute   (Chile)

^e BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^g CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; DIET; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; NITROUS OXIDE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; MITIGATION;

EID: 84906504414     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.08.003     Document Type: Review

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