LCA Food 2012 in Saint Malo, France! - Manifestations et colloques ...

PARALLEL SESSION 1A: WATER FOOTPRINT 8 th Int. Conference on LCA in the
Agri-Food Sector, 1-4 Oct 2012
- Refine the resolution at the inventory level (i.e. irrigation data per county or per watershed instead of per
state).
- Refine the resolution of the water stress indices (i.e. for a higher resolution water stress assessment).
- Include a higher resolution of characterisation factors (some are global averages).
- Include more characterisation factors which cover more cause-effect chains.
5. References
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