- Title
- Environmental impact assessment of the silician artichokes
- Creator
- Lo Giudice, A, Clasadonte, M.T., Ingrao, C., Mbohwa, Charles
- Subject
- Environmental hotspots, Life cycle assessment, Agri-food industry
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Conference proceeding
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10210/17543
- Identifier
- uj:15896
- Identifier
- Citation: Lo Giudice, A. et al. 2012. Environmental impact assessment of the Sicilian artichokes in Atti del 18th IGWT SYMPOSIUM “Technology and Innovation for a Sustainable Future: A Commodity Science Perspective" Edited by Roberto Merli, Rome, September 24-28, pp. 1-11
- Identifier
- ISBN: 978-88-8286-269-5
- Description
- Abstract: The cultivation of the artichoke (Cynara scolymus) has taken place in Italy for many centuries and it continues to assume a primary role in the Italian national economy. Artichokes are the second most produced, by economic value, horticultural crop cultivated in open fields after tomatoes. In particular, Sicily, a region highly suited for this type of cultivation because of its climate, ranks first in terms of quantity produced. The present work had the objectives of conducting an enviromental impact assessment, using life cycle assessment, of this horticultural crop...
- Publisher
- IGWT Symposium
- Language
- English
- Rights
- ©2012, authors
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