Evaluating environmental impacts of contrasting pig farming systems with life cycle assessment

Environmental impacts of 15 European pig farming systems were evaluated in the European Union Q-PorkChains project using life cycle assessment. One conventional and two non-conventional systems were evaluated from each of the five countries: Denmark, The Netherlands, Spain, France and Germany. The d...

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Published in:	Animal
Main Authors:	J.Y. Dourmad, J. Ryschawy, T. Trousson, M. Bonneau, J. Gonzàlez, H.W.J. Houwers, M. Hviid, C. Zimmer, T.L.T. Nguyen, L. Morgensen
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2014-01-01
Subjects:	pig production agricultural systems environment life cycle assessment
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731114002134

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