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Environmental Impact of Corn Tortilla Production: A Case Study

Diego Guzmán-Soria    
Paul Taboada-González    
Quetzalli Aguilar-Virgen    
Eduardo Baltierra-Trejo and Liliana Marquez-Benavides    

Resumen

This work helps to realise improvements in the cultivation of corn and corn?nixtamalisation?dough?tortillas production, which could mean more environmentally friendly food production.

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