Application of the Crop Carbon Progress Calculator in a 'farm to ship' cotton production case study in Australia

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 675-684

  Visser, Francois ^a   Dargusch, Paul ^a   Smith, Carl ^a   Grace, Peter R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture GHG emissions; Carbon footprint; Crop carbon footprints; Crop nitrous oxide emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; COTTON; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GREENHOUSE GASES; MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS; NITROGEN OXIDES; REDUCTION; SHIPS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COTTON PRODUCTION; CROP MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; CROP MANAGEMENTS; FARM PRODUCTION; GHG EMISSION; IRRIGATED COTTON; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; SITE-SPECIFIC;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84953359385     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.09.093     Document Type: Article

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