Organic versus conventional citrus. Impact assessment and variability analysis in the Comunitat Valenciana (Spain)

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 571-586

  Ribal, Javier ^a   Ramírez Sanz, Clara ^a   Estruch, Vicente ^a   Clemente, Gabriela ^a   Sanjuán, Neus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bias corrected interval (BCa); Citrus; Cluster analysis; Conventional farming; LCA; Non parametric bootstrap; Organic farming; Variability

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CITRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL FOOD; CROPPING SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FARM MACHINERY; FARMING SYSTEM; FOOD ANALYSIS; HARVEST; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MACHINE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FOOD; SAMPLE SIZE; SPAIN;

EID: 84958747293     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-016-1048-2     Document Type: Article

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