Greenhouse gas assessment of Brazilian soybean production: A case study of Mato Grosso State

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 96, Issue , 2015, Pages 418-425

  Raucci, Guilherme Silva ^a   Moreira, Cindy Silva ^b   Alves, Priscila Aparecida ^b   Mello, Francisco F C ^a   Frazão, Leidivan De Almeida ^c   Cerri, Carlos Eduardo P ^a   Cerri, Carlos Clemente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b DeltaCO2 Sustentabilidade Ambiental ^*  (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Carbon footprint; Crop residues; Emission factors; Global warming; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; AGRICULTURE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DECISION MAKING; FOOD PRODUCTS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEED; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CROP RESIDUE; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; EMISSION FACTORS; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NITROUS OXIDE; SOYBEAN PRODUCTION;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84928203552     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.02.064     Document Type: Article

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