Cultivation; Earnings; Life cycle; Optimization; Profitability; Agricultural practices; Biological pest controls; Good agricultural practices; Internal Rate of return values; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Life cycle costing; Olive; Organic; Environmental impact Mohamad; R.S.; Department of Mediterranean Organic Agriculture; Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari; Via Ceglie; 9; 70010 Valenzano; Bari; Italy; email: mohamad.ramez@gmail.com
Business & economic sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Mohamad, R. S.; Department of Mediterranean Organic Agriculture, Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Bari, Via Ceglie, 9, 70010 Valenzano, Bari, Italy
Verrastro, V.
Cardone, G.
Bteich, M. R.
Favia, M.
Moretti, Michele ; , University of Bari Aldo Moro, > Department of Agro-environmental and Territorial Sciences
Roma, R.
Language :
English
Title :
Optimization of organic and conventional olive agricultural practices from a Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing perspectives
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