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L. Verdi ; A. Dalla Marta ; F. Falconi ; S. Orlandini ; M. Mancini |Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture is a key factor towards reducing human impacts on the food production chain. Because of the growing consumer interest in healthy foods cultivated with low-impact approach, a study assessing the i[...]Article
The food system plays a crucial role in mitigating climate change. Even if fossil fuel emissions are halted immediately, current trends in global food systems may prevent the achieving of the Paris Agreement's climate targets. The high degree of[...]Article
S. Zingale ; P. Guarnaccia ; A. Matarazzo ; G. Lagioia ; C. Ingrao |It is recognised today that the global food system does not always deliver good nutrition for all human beings, and, additionally, dramatically contributes to climate change, environmental degradation, and biodiversity loss. In particular, the c[...]Article
F. Boenzi ; S. Digiesi ; F. Facchini ; B. Silvestri |The agri-food supply chain is responsible for high GHG emissions. In industrial food processing, there is potential for reducing environmental impacts. In the case of apricot jam, several practices for realizing the finished product can be adopt[...]Article
N. Bamber ; R. Johnson ; E. Laage ; G. Dias ; P. Tyedmers ; N. Pelletier |The purpose of this manuscript is to review LCA studies of organic field crops to identify best practices in collecting life cycle inventory data. Previous LCA studies of organic field crops from 2010 to 2021 were identified and data were collec[...]Article
N. Rogy ; P. Roux ; T. Salou ; C. Pradinaud ; A. Sferratore ; N. Géhéniau ; A. Hélias ; E. Loiseau |Abstract This paper aims to assess the conditions under which hydraulic projects can be considered as an efficient option, from an environmental point of view, to secure water supply of agricultural areas using the Territorial Life Cycle Assessm[...]Article
A. Casson ; B. Ortuani ; V. Giovenzana ; L. Brancadoro ; S. Corsi ; O. Gharsallah ; R. Guidetti ; A. Facchi |Viticulture is gradually shifting to more sustainable production systems and a fair number of studies aim at assessing the environmental impacts of different technologies and techniques adopted in the wine production through the Life Cycle Asses[...]Article
Olive cultivation is the most important agro-ecosystem in the Mediterranean basin. Despite the remarkable intensification of this system (i.e., the use of high tree densities and large amounts of inputs), the environmental and socio-economic imp[...]Article
N. Kalboussi ; Y. Biard ; L. Pradeleix ; A. Rapaport ; C. Sinfort ; N. Ait-mouheb |This study presents a decision support tool that evaluates the environmental efficiency of water reclamation for agricultural irrigation, among other options. The developed tool is published as open source at https://doi.org/10.18167/DVN1/YLP1BA[...]Article
Specialization and intensification in agriculture have increased productivity but have also led to the spread of monocultural systems, simplifying production but reducing genetic diversity. The purpose of this study was to propose crop diversifi[...]Article
Cheese production causes significant environmental impacts, which have to be reduced. In France, a lot of different cheeses are available, made from different milks but also from different cheese technologies. The goal of this study was to under[...]Article
J.-E. Bergez ; A. Béthinger ; C. Bockstaller ; C. Cederberg ; E. Ceschia ; N. Guilpart ; S. Lange ; F. Müller ; P. Reidsma ; C. Riviere ; C. Schader ; O. Therond ; H.M.G. van der Werf |Agriculture's primary function is the production of food, feed, fibre and fuel for the fast-growing world population. However, it also affects human health and ecosystem integrity. Policymakers make policies in order to avoid harmful impacts. Ho[...]Article
The increase in world population and the resulting demand for food, water and energy are exerting increasing pressure on soil, water resources and ecosystems. Identification of tools to minimise the related environmental impacts within the food-[...]Article
Due to the increasing concern about climate change and environmental sustainability, the investigation of energy consumption represents a very intriguing and undeniable subject. This study was directed to investigate energy footprints, greenhous[...]Article
This study aims to analyze the environmental impacts of Tunisian olive oil production using a cradle to gate Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in order to quantify, compare and establish the most environmentally sustainable practices. This is the fi[...]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
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 [...]Article
Life cycle-based methodologies are gaining increasing consensus as a tool to support the transition towards sustainable production and consumption patterns. Despite its potential, Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) is the least applied, also g[...]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
Preservation and promotion of agroforestry systems entails the ideology for more ecosystem services, additional biodiversity benefits and climate change mitigation. Furthermore, farmland and forest landscapes and the consequent benefits to the e[...]Article
The implementation of Precision Livestock Farming (PLF) concepts has been pointed out as an indirect strategy that could potentially help mitigating the environmental impacts of livestock production systems. To date, few studies have focused on [...]Article
This paper aims to compare the cradle-to-farm gate sustainability of two dairy buffalo systems, according to life cycle assessment guidelines (LCA). Primary data were obtained by five intensive farms with feeding plans based on non-corn silage ([...]Article
Increasing awareness of sustainability in the agri-food sector is leading to a gradual transition toward lower-impact farming systems, such as organic and biodynamic farming. The environmental performance of organic wines has largely been compar[...]Article
S. Zanni ; M. Roccaro ; F. Bocedi ; A. Peli ; A. Bonoli |Intensive farming is responsible for extreme environmental impacts under different aspects, among which global warming represents a major reason of concern. This is a quantitative problem linked to the farm size and a qualitative one, depending [...]Article
B. Martin-Gorriz ; J.A. Zabala ; V. Sanchez-Navarro ; B. Gallego-Elvira ; V. Martínez-García ; F. Alcon ; J.F. Maestre-Valero |Crop diversification is becoming increasingly important for preserving soil and ecosystems health and, subsequently, crop productivity and sustainability. Intercropping practices adopted in monocultural woody crops, with herbaceous crops coveri[...]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 production of berry, a fruit highly appreciated by consumers, has considerably increased in the last years. Europe Union has 1.55 millions of smallholdings dedicated to blueberry farming. Actually, it is an important sector on Spain agrifood[...]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
Taking into account that in the literature on pork-production Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) there are a few studies about the Iberian pig, the present article evaluates an extensive (growing-fattening) Iberian-pig system in Spain, producing meat f[...]Article
L.V. De Luca Peña ; S.E. Taelman ; N. Préat ; L. Boone ; K. Van der Biest ; M. Custódio ; S. Hernandez Lucas ; G. Everaert ; J. Dewulf |Nowadays, a variety of methodologies are available to assess local, regional and global impacts of human activities on ecosystems, which include Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Ecosystem Services Assessment ([...]