Evaluation of the environmental, economic, and social performance of soybean farming systems in southern Brazil

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 385-394

  Pashaei Kamali, Farahnaz ^a   Meuwissen, Miranda P M ^a   de Boer, Imke J M ^a   van Middelaar, Corina E ^a   Moreira, Adonis ^b   Oude Lansink, Alfons G J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Genetically modified; Life cycle assessment; Monte Carlo simulation; Organic; Soybean

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROFITABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; GENETICALLY MODIFIED; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); ORGANIC; SOYBEAN; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84963940259     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.135     Document Type: Article

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