Carbon footprints of rice production in five typical rice districts in China

Shengtai Xuebao

Volumn 33, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-232

  Xu, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Bo ^b   Liu, Yong ^a   Xue, Yanni ^a   Di, Binsheng ^c  

^a SHANXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Weinan Gaoxin High School   (China)

^c Lanxian High School   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Energy consumption; Life cycle assessment; Rice; Rice districts of China

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922547206     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chnaes.2013.05.010     Document Type: Article

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