Comparison of European olive production systems

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Russo, Carlo ^a   Cappelletti, Giulio Mario ^a   Nicoletti, Giuseppe Martino ^a   Di Noia, Alfredo Ernesto ^a   Michalopoulos, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b RodaxAgro Ltd   (Greece)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Olive farming system; Product environmental footprint

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FARMING SYSTEM; GLOBAL WARMING; GUIDELINE; INNOVATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS PESTICIDE; RESOURCE USE;

GREECE; ITALY; SPAIN;

OLEA EUROPAEA SUBSP. EUROPAEA;

EID: 84983740934     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8080825     Document Type: Article

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