Water use by livestock: A global perspective for a regional issue?

Animal Frontiers

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 9-16

  Doreau, Michel ^a   Corson, Michael S ^b   Wiedemann, Stephen G ^c  

^a UMR1213 HERBIVORES   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c FSA Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Meat; Milk; Water footprint; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922978262     PISSN: 21606056     EISSN: 21606064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/af.2012-0036     Document Type: Article

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