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R. Schenck, ed. ; D. Huizenga, ed. | Vashon [Etats-Unis] : ACLCA (American Center for Life Cycle Assessment) | 2014Article
Agricultural production is an essential activity in the global economy that must advance towards the design of sustainability projects hand-in-hand with consumers, companies, and policymakers. An exhaustive study, in line with the guidelines set[...]Article
V. Tascione ; A. Raggi ; L. Petti ; G. Manca |This study aimed to assess the environmental effectiveness of vineyards utilising on-site weather stations integrated with a decision support system (DSS), and to identify the critical hotspots in smart farms that have already obtained integrate[...]Article
The main challenge in the durum wheat production chain is to capture as much as possible of the yield potential, whilst supporting long-term sustainability. The present work mainly aims at assessing the environmental performances of organic, bio[...]Article
L. Moreschi ; E. Gagliano ; M. Gallo ; A. Del Borghi |The water-energy-food (WEF) nexus is the established framework to account for the three interlinked global security concerns of access to water, sustainable energy, and food security. Despite its outstanding relevance, a standardized methodology[...]Article
N. Rogy ; A. Pastor ; A. Sferratore ; N. Géhéniau ; A. Hélias ; E. Loiseau |To cope with climate change, agricultural territories are forced to implement adaptation strategies, including the implementation of irrigation infrastructures. These strategies are deployed over a long term, and their environmental performance [...]Article
Food waste represents one of the major problems in the food industry, as it accounts for substantial social, economic, and environmental challenges due to the waste of resources along the food supply chain - such as waste of water, land, fertili[...]Article
Agricultural life cycle assessment (LCA) at the sub-national regional level may be a valuable input for the decision-makers. Obtaining representative and sufficient data to develop life cycle inventories (LCIs) at that level is a relevant challe[...]Article
Understanding the systemic approach and its potential for decision-making is important for resource management, especially in agriculture in which increasing food demands and environmental and social issues are the main challenges. Therefore, mu[...]Article
E. Dorr ; B. Goldstein ; C. Aubry ; B. Gabrielle ; A. Horvath |There is increasing interest in evaluating the environmental performance of urban agriculture (UA), primarily using life cycle assessment (LCA). However, LCA has been applied to UA inconsistently, making it difficult to confidently compare or dr[...]Article
S. Abbate ; P. Centobelli ; R. Cerchione ; G. Giardino ; R. Passaro |In recent years, sustainability concerns gained traction in the scientific literature on cleaner production, as well as in industry and application. In this regard, the circular economy (CE) is intended to contribute to the current ecological tr[...]Article
T. Ding ; B. Steubing ; W.M.J. Achten |The life cycle assessment framework was adapted to the territorial level (the 'territorial LCA') to assess the environmental impacts and services of land-use planning scenarios. Given the various geographical conditions of the territory, the pot[...]Article
A. Mendoza Beltran ; R. Padró ; M.J. La Rota-Aguilera ; J. Marull ; M.J. Eckelman ; J. Cirera ; A. Giocoli ; G. Villalba |Peri urban agriculture (peri-UA) can supply food locally and potentially more sustainably than far-away conventional agricultural systems. It can also introduce significant environmental impacts depending on the local biophysical conditions and [...]Article
Soil plays an essential role as a habitat, source of nutrients and support for vegetation. Promoting food security and environmental sustainability of agricultural systems requires an integrated approach to soil fertility management. Agricultura[...]Article
M. Zambelli ; V. Giovenzana ; A. Casson ; A. Tugnolo ; A. Pampuri ; S. Vignati ; R. Beghi ; R. Guidetti |When talking about environmental and sustainability topics, the wine sector plays a fundamental role ensuring that wine remains not only economically but also environmentally sustainable, hence the importance of conducting analyses to measure th[...]Article
The global warming fight should focus on agriculture, especially on olive crops, due to their potential role in combating it. One of the leading olive oil-producing countries is Turkey; therefore, evaluating and quantifying the environmental imp[...]Article
E. Loiseau ; L. Jouve ; T. Salou ; M. Perignon ; S. Drogué ; P. Rollet ; P. Roux |The environmental challenges raised by urban food supply requirements must be addressed and sustainable local food policies need to be designed. For these reasons, the major areas of improvement should be identified in terms of both consumption [...]Article
T.P. Costa ; T.P. Costa ; J. Gillespie ; K. Pelc ; A. Adefisan ; M. Adefisan ; R. Ramanathan ; F. Murphy |Food is at the centre of efforts to combat climate change, reduce water stress, pollution, and conserve the world's wildlife. Assessing the environmental performance of food companies is essential to provide a comprehensive view of the productio[...]Article
CONTEXT To design policies for sustainable irrigation planning, public decision-makers need knowledge about the potential environmental impacts of irrigated farming systems. In a previous paper, we proposed to couple Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) [...]Article
Offsetting environmental impacts beyond climate change: the Circular Ecosystem Compensation approach
D. Moore ; V. Bach ; M. Finkbeiner ; T. Honkomp ; H. Ahn ; M. Sprenger ; L. Froese ; D. Gratzel |Since the Paris Agreement entered into force, climate neutrality and associated compensation schemes are even more on the agenda of politics and companies. Challenges of existing offsetting schemes include the rather theoretical saving scenario [...]Article
The aim of this research is to define different scenarios that optimize the environmental sustainability of the post-harvest stage of vegetable products (cauliflower and brassicas mix). These scenarios considered different packaging materials; e[...]Article
I. Viveros Santos ; C. Renaud-Gentié ; P. Roux ; A. Levasseur ; C. Bulle ; L. Deschênes ; A.-M. Boulay |Viticulture needs to satisfy consumers' demands for environmentally sound grape and wine production while envisaging adaptation options to diminish the impacts of projected climate change on future productivity. However, the impact of climate ch[...]Article
F. Mohammadi Kashka ; Z. Tahmasebi Sarvestani ; H. Pirdashti ; A. Motevali ; M. Nadi ; M. Valipour |The increase in population has increased the need for agricultural and food products, and thus agricultural production should be increased. This goal may cause increases in emissions and environmental impacts by increasing the consumption of agr[...]Article
A. Michalke ; S. Köhler ; L. Messmann ; A. Thorenz ; A. Tuma ; T. Gaugler |Agriculture is one of the world's biggest polluters. Consumers are misled towards demand of unsustainable and inadequately priced food products by an insufficient internalization of externalities. Shifting demand towards more sustainable dietary[...]Article
F. Grassauer ; M. Herndl ; T. Nemecek ; C. Fritz ; T. Guggenberger ; A. Steinwidder ; W. Zollitsch |Agriculture and especially dairy production cause considerable environmental impacts. Therefore, the growing world population and food demand long for sustainable agricultural practices which aim at producing more food without intensifying the p[...]Article
H. Sales ; F. Figueiredo ; M.C. Vaz Patto ; J. Nunes |The olive value chain represents one of the most important bioeconomic sectors for Portugal, having this country the opportunity to emerge as the third-largest worldwide olive oil producer in the upcoming decade due to the modernization of its o[...]Article
The olive oil supply chain and even its individual stages have been extensively investigated through life cycle assessment (LCA) in recent decades. Most practices of the olive oil supply chain have been associated with negative environmental eff[...]Article
The circular economy (CE) has emerged as a strategy able to fulfil the double purpose of improving the economic performance of the agricultural activity while minimising the impact generated on the environment by reducing the inflow of resources[...]Article
A. Ncube ; G. Fiorentino ; C. Panfilo ; M. De Falco ; S. Ulgiati |Purpose : The olive oil sector in Italy has a significant socio-economic, environmental, and cultural relevance. However, the environmental impacts of production and consumption models are considerable, mainly due to the demand for large quantit[...]Article
G. Coppola ; M. Costantini ; A. Fusi ; L. Ruiz-Garcia ; J. Bacenetti |Agricultural activity is responsible of considerable negative effects on the environment. In this context, in the last years, organic cultivation is increasing being perceived as more sustainable for the environmental. Nevertheless, this higher [...]