Water and Carbon footprint perspective in Italian durum wheat production

Land Use Policy

Volumn 58, Issue , 2016, Pages 394-402

  Casolani, Nicola ^a   Pattara, Claudio ^a   Liberatore, Lolita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Durum wheat; Environment policy; Sustainability; Water use

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POLICY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER USE;

ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 84981318397     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2016.07.014     Document Type: Article

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