A Comprehensive Energy Analysis and Related Carbon Footprint of Dairy Farms, Part 1: Direct Energy Requirements

Dairy cattle farms are continuously developing more intensive systems of management which require higher utilization of durable and not-durable inputs. These inputs are responsible of significant direct and indirect fossil energy requirements which are related to remarkable emissions of CO2. This st...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Todde, Lelia Murgia, Maria Caria, Antonio Pazzona
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Energies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/11/2/451