Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions

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Year: 2021
Type: article
Volume: 2
Issue: 3
Pages: 198-209
Citations: 2502
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                                    Monica Crippa, 
                                
                                    Efisio Solazzo, 
                                
                                    Diego Guizzardi
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2021). 
                            Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions. 
                            Nature Food
                            , 2
                            (3)
                            , 198-209.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-021-00225-9
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s43016-021-00225-9