Cradle to farm gate life cycle assessment of strawberry production in the United States

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 548-554

  Tabatabaie, Seyed Mohammad Hossein ^a   Murthy, Ganti S ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise budget; Environmental impacts; Life cycle assessment; OpenLCA; Strawberry

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BUDGET CONTROL; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; FRUITS; GLOBAL WARMING; PRODUCTIVITY; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; OPENLCA; STRAWBERRY; STRAWBERRY PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84964596820     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.175     Document Type: Article

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