Environmental sustainability of agri-food supply chains in Italy: The case of the whole-peeled tomato production under life cycle assessment methodology

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 200, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-12

  Garofalo, Pasquale ^a   D'Andrea, Laura ^a   Tomaiuolo, Matteo ^a   Venezia, Accursio ^b   Castrignanò, Annamaria ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b Centro di Ricerca per l'Orticoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; GHG emissions; Global warming potential; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL LIFE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPOSTING; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUITS; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TINNING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS; COMPOSTING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; GHG EMISSION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MINERAL FERTILIZATION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85007364016     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2016.12.007     Document Type: Article

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