Review on Suitability of Available LCIA Methodologies for Assessing Environmental Impact of the Food Sector

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-206

  Amani, Pegah ^a   Schiefer, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

environmental impact; food chain sustainability; LCIA methodologies; life cycle impact assessment (LCIA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978102532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v2i2.228     Document Type: Article

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