Trends and spatial variation in water and land footprints of meat and milk production systems in Kenya

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 205, Issue , 2015, Pages 36-47

  Bosire, Caroline K ^a,c   Ogutu, Joseph O ^d   Said, Mohammed Y ^c   Krol, Maarten S ^a   Leeuw, Jan de ^b   Hoekstra, Arjen Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kenya; Land footprint; Livestock production; Meat and milk; Water footprint

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MILK PRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER FOOTPRINT;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAMELIDAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84924658072     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2015.02.015     Document Type: Article

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