Life cycle assessment of cricket farming in north-eastern Thailand

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 156, Issue , 2017, Pages 83-94

  Halloran, A ^a   Hanboonsong, Y ^b   Roos, N ^a   Bruun, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Crickets; Entomophagy; Environmental impact; Insect farming; LCA

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

BROILER PRODUCTIONS; CRICKETS; ENTOMOPHAGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INSECT FARMING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACTS; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85019081563     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.04.017     Document Type: Article

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