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Promoting sustainable potato production - Insights from an integrated life cycle environmental–economic assessment

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  • Zhang, Tianzuo
  • Li, Changting
  • Wang, Shuo
  • Cheng, Ziyue
  • Li, Ziheng
  • Xu, Tianshu
  • Zhou, Xinying
  • Chen, Wei
  • Hong, Jinglan

Abstract

Potatoes, as a crucial crop for future food security, face challenges due to environmental externalities throughout their production process, which may impede the industry's environmental and economic sustainability. However, knowledge gaps persist regarding the integrated environmental-economic performance of potato production systems.

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  • Zhang, Tianzuo & Li, Changting & Wang, Shuo & Cheng, Ziyue & Li, Ziheng & Xu, Tianshu & Zhou, Xinying & Chen, Wei & Hong, Jinglan, 2024. "Promoting sustainable potato production - Insights from an integrated life cycle environmental–economic assessment," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 219(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:agisys:v:219:y:2024:i:c:s0308521x24001793
    DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2024.104029
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