Appraisal of environmental profiles of pasture-based milk production: a case study of dairy farms in the Waikato region, New Zealand

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 311-325

  Chobtang, Jeerasak ^a,b   Ledgard, Stewart F ^a,b   McLaren, Sarah J ^b   Zonderland Thomassen, Marlies ^a,b   Donaghy, Daniel J ^b  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment; Milk; New Zealand; Pasture based dairy farming

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ACIDIFICATION; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DAIRYING; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MILK PRODUCTION; NEOPLASM; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; OZONE DEPLETION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PASTURE BASED MILK PRODUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84958118932     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-016-1033-9     Document Type: Article

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