Innovative environmental management tools for the agri-food Chain

Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS) Improving Sustainability and Competitiveness in the Agri-Food Chain with Innovative Environmental Management Tools

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3-25

  Salomone, Roberta ^a   Rupo, Daniela ^a   Saija, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agri food sector; EMS; LCM; LCT; POEMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956848028     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6116-2_1     Document Type: Chapter

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