LCA of local and imported tomato: An energy and water trade-off

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 139-148

  Payen, Sandra ^a,b   Basset Mens, Claudine ^b   Perret, Sylvain ^c  

^a ADEME   (France)

^b Campus international de Baillarguet   (France)

^c UMR G EAU   (France)

Author keywords

Environmental impacts; LCA; Morocco; Off season tomato france; Water deprivation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DAMAGE DETECTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; FRUITS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSES; LIFE CYCLE; VEGETABLES; WATER;

COMPREHENSIVE METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; FRESH AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MOROCCO; OFF-SEASON TOMATO FRANCE; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; WATER DEPRIVATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84923844525     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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