Environmental impacts of different dairy farming systems in the Po Valley

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 91-102

  Battini, F ^a   Agostini, A ^b,c   Tabaglio, V ^a   Amaducci, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^b JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^c ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dairy farm; Environmental impacts; Greenhouse gas; Land use change; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DAIRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; ORGANIC CARBON;

DAIRY FARMS; ENVIRONMENTAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY USE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84945895274     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.09.062     Document Type: Article

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