Østergård, Hanne; Markussen, Mads Ville; Kullak, Michal; Nemecek, Thomas and Smith, Laurence (2014) RESOURCE USE IN A LOW-INPUT ORGANIC VEGETABLE FOOD SUPPLY SYSTEM IN UK - A CASE STUDY. In: Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.) Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 1, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 215-218.
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Use of local renewable resources in a low-input organic vegetable food supply system in UK is evaluated against the use of imported resources in the same system. Despite much focus by the farmer on low-input, the production and distribution system is only supported by 13% local renewable resources based on an emergy assessment. Future sustainability of such systems are discussed.
| EPrint Type: | Conference paper, poster, etc. |
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| Type of presentation: | Paper |
| Keywords: | Vegetable products; emergy assessment; renewable resources; Fossil fuel |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English Vegetable products http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_13438 English emergy assessment UNSPECIFIED English Renewable resources http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_6502 English fossil fuel UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | Crop husbandry > Production systems Farming Systems Food systems > Recycling, balancing and resource management Crop husbandry > Production systems > Vegetables Food systems > Policy environments and social economy |
| Research affiliation: | Denmark > DTU - Technical University of Denmark International Conferences > 2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Scientific Track: 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 245058 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-86576-128-6 |
| DOI: | 10.3220/REP_20_1_2014 |
| Deposited By: | Østergård, Professor Hanne |
| ID Code: | 24083 |
| Deposited On: | 31 Oct 2014 13:09 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2014 13:09 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Peer-reviewed and accepted |
| Additional Publishing Information: | urn:nbn:de:gbv:253-201407-dn053621-1 |
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