Towards more ecoefficient food production: MFA approach (original) (raw)
Risku-Norja, H.; Mäenpää, I.; Koikkalainen, K.; Rikkonen, P. and Vanhala, P. (2004) Towards more ecoefficient food production: MFA approach. In:(Pre)Proceedings of the 6th European IFSA symposium, pp. 805-814.
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Summary in the original language of the document
The food flux comprises four mutually linked loops: 1)plant production, 2)livestock husbandry, 3) food processing industry and 4) human consumption. In the present paper MFA approach has been used to describe the system. A general framework and practical solutions for estimating and balancing the materials flow are outlined. The focus in this paper is agriculture.
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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| Type of presentation: | Paper |
| Keywords: | agriculture, ecoefficiency, food flux, material flow accounting (MFA) |
| Subjects: | Environmental aspects |
| Research affiliation: | Finland > Other organizations Finland Finland > Luke Natural Resources Institute |
| Deposited By: | Koistinen, Riitta |
| ID Code: | 14717 |
| Deposited On: | 26 Sep 2008 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Apr 2010 07:38 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Not peer-reviewed |
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