Overcoming food security challenges within an energy/water/food nexus (EWFN) approach

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  De Laurentiis, Valeria ^a   Hunt, Dexter V L ^a   Rogers, Christopher D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy water food nexus; Food security; LCA

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84956600551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8010095     Document Type: Review

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