Meat consumption and production - Analysis of efficiency, sufficiency and consistency of global trends

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-151

  Allievi, Francesca ^a   Vinnari, Markus ^b   Luukkanen, Jyrki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Consistency; Convergence; Food; Meat; Strategy; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EFFICIENCY; FOOD PRODUCTS; MEATS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

CONSISTENCY; CONVERGENCE; CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; PRODUCTION ANALYSIS; STRATEGY; TECHNOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENTS; TRADITIONAL APPROACHES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84924441308     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.12.075     Document Type: Article

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