Paths to a sustainable food sector: integrated design and LCA of future food supply chains: the case of pork production in Sweden

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 664-676

  Sonesson, Ulf Gunnar ^a   Lorentzon, Katarina ^a   Andersson, Annica ^b   Barr, Ulla Karin ^a   Bertilsson, Jan ^b   Borch, Elisabeth ^a   Brunius, Carl ^b   Emanuelsson, Margareta ^b   Göransson, Leif ^b   Gunnarsson, Stefan ^b   Hamberg, Lars ^a   Hessle, Anna ^b   Kumm, Karl Ivar ^b   Lundh, Åse ^b   Nielsen, Tim ^a   Östergren, Karin ^a   Salomon, Eva ^c   Sindhöj, Erik ^c   Stenberg, Bo ^b   Stenberg, Maria ^b   Sundberg, Martin ^c   Wall, Helena ^b   more..

^a SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Consequence assessment; Environment; Food system scenarios; Future food production; LCA; Sustainable food chains

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROP PRODUCTION; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PIG FARMING; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84944705368     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0969-5     Document Type: Article

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