Del Borghi A., Tacchino V., Moreschi L., Matarazzo A., Gallo M., Arellano Vazquez D. (2022). Environmental assessment of vegetable crops towards the water-energy-food nexus: a combination of precision agriculture and life cycle assessment. Ecological Indicators, 01/07/2022, vol. 140, p. 1-15.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109015
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109015
Titre : | Environmental assessment of vegetable crops towards the water-energy-food nexus: a combination of precision agriculture and life cycle assessment (2022) |
Auteurs : | A. Del Borghi ; V. Tacchino ; L. Moreschi ; A. Matarazzo ; M. Gallo ; D. Arellano Vazquez |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Ecological Indicators (vol. 140, July 2022) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 1-15 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 06 - AGRICULTURE. FORÊTS. PÊCHES ; 6.4 - Production Agricole. Système de ProductionThésaurus IAMM CULTURE MARAICHERE ; EVALUATION IMPACT SUR ENVIRONNEMENT ; AGRICULTURE DE PRECISION ; ANALYSE DU CYCLE DE VIE ; SECTEUR AGROINDUSTRIEL ; ALIMENTATION HUMAINE ; ENERGIE ; EAU ; DURABILITE ; ITALIE |
Résumé : | 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-energy-water nexus is, therefore, crucial. The purpose of the study is to carry out an analysis of the agri-food sector in order to improve the energy-environmental performance of four vegetable crops (beans, peas, sweet corn, tomato) through a combination of precision agriculture (PA) and life cycle assessment (LCA). Thus, PA strategies were identified and a full LCA was performed on actual and future scenarios for all crops in order to evaluate the benefits of a potential combination of these two tools. In the case study analysed, a life cycle approach was able to target water consumption as a key parameter for the reduced water availability of future climate scenarios and to set a multi-objective function combining also such environmental aspects to the original goal of yield maximisation. As a result, the combination of PA with the LCA perspective potentially allowed the path for an optimal trade-off of all the parameters involved and an overall reduction of the expected environmental impacts in future climate scenarios. |
Cote : | En ligne |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109015 |