Carbon and water footprint of pork supply chain in Catalonia: From feed to final products

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 171, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-143

  Noya, Isabel ^a   Aldea, Xavier ^b   Gasol, Carles M ^c,d   González García, Sara ^a   Amores, Maria José ^b   Colón, Joan ^e   Ponsá, Sergio ^e   Roman, Isabel ^f   Rubio, Miguel A ^f   Casas, Eudald ^g   Moreira, María Teresa ^a   Boschmonart Rives, Jesús ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Cornellà de Llobregat ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF CATALONIA   (Spain)

^f Lavola 1981 SA   (Spain)

^g Del Sector Carni Porci   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Environmental impacts; Global warming; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Pork value chain

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RAIN; WATER;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FODDER; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEAT; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; WATER FOOTPRINT; WATER USE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BARLEY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MAIZE; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; PACKAGING; RAPESEED; RELIABILITY; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WATER FOOTPRINT; WHEAT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD HANDLING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEAT; PIG; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPAIN; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTION;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MEAT PRODUCTS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; SWINE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84961964735     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.01.039     Document Type: Article

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