There are multiple variants of environmental footprints such as carbon
footprint, ecological footprint, water footprint, nitrogen footprint and
so on. There are numerous developments in terms of measuring the
environmental footprints of various products. Many new indicators are
being developed in terms of footprints to measure the environmental
performance of various products. The need to measure various
environmental footprints of agricultural crops is obvious and does not
need any explanation these days when the importance of sustainability is
felt so much and being practiced in all industrial sectors, including
agriculture. This book presents five interesting chapters pertaining to
environmental footprints of crops.