Handling multi-functionality of livestock in a life cycle assessment: The case of smallholder dairying in Kenya

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-38

  Weiler, Viola ^a   Udo, Henk M J ^a   Viets, Theo ^a   Crane, Todd A ^a,b   De Boer, Imke J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAIRY FARMING; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MILK PRODUCTION; MITIGATION; SMALLHOLDER;

KENYA;

EID: 84907609569     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2014.07.009     Document Type: Review

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