Trends and Interpretation of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for Carbon Footprinting of Fruit Products: Focused on Kiwifruits in Gyeongnam Region
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Deurer, Markus
(Production Footprints Team, Plant & Food Research)
Clothier, Brent (Production Footprints Team, Plant & Food Research) Huh, Keun-Young (Green Technology Institute, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology) Jun, Gee-Ill (Green Technology Institute, Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology) Kim, In-Hea (Production Footprints Team, Plant & Food Research) Kim, Dae-Il (Department of Horticultural Science, Chungbuk National University) |
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