Saving land to feed a growing population: consequences for consumption of crop and livestock products

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 677-687

  Van Kernebeek, Heleen R J ^a   Oosting, Simon J ^a   Van Ittersum, Martin K ^a   Bikker, Paul ^a   De Boer, Imke J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal production; Competition for resources; Crop production; Human diets; Land use; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CROP PRODUCTION; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD INTAKE; HARVESTING; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIVESTOCK; MAIZE; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION PRODUCTIVITY; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL QUALITY; TILLAGE;

EID: 84963669751     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-015-0923-6     Document Type: Article

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