Trade-Offs in Net Life Cycle Energy Balance and Water Consumption in California Almond Orchards

Perennial cropping systems, such as almond orchards and vineyards, increasingly dominate California’s agricultural landscape. In California’s leading agricultural region, the Central Valley, woody perennials comprise about half of total farmland. Woody perennial orchards produce high value food crop...

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Main Authors: Elias Marvinney, Jin Wook Ro, Alissa Kendall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-06-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/12/3195