Environmental assessment of organic juice imported to Denmark: a case study on oranges (Citrus sinensis) from Brazil

Marie Trydeman Knudsen1, G. F. de Almeida2, Vibeke Langer1, Lucimar Santiago de Abreu3, Niels Halberg4
1Department of Agriculture and Ecology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Taastrup, Denmark
2Centre of Agricultural Sciences, Federal University of São Carlos, Araras, São Paulo, Brazil
3Embrapa Environment, P.O. Box 69, Jaguariúna, São Paulo, Brazil
4International Centre for Research in Organic Food Systems (ICROFS), 8830, Tjele, Denmark

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