Analysis of economic risks of hop growing

Kavka, M.; Rataj, V.; Trávníček, Z.; Ciniburk, V.; Pavel, Kavka; Petr, Kavka

doi:10.17221/4998-agricecon

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“…Due to the recorded numbers of cows, sows, and hens (females with higher water consumption), it was necessary to subtract the number of cows, sows, and hens from the number of cattle, pigs, and poultry so that the resulting number included only the number of cattle without cows, pigs without sows and poultry without hens. In the second step, it was necessary to determine the water consumption for livestock using standards for agricultural and food production [25]. In the overall table, water consumption is divided between young individuals, lactating females, and fattening animals.…”

Section: Livestock Statistical Datasetmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Consumption by Livestock Systems from 2002–2020 and Predictions for 2030–2050 under Climate Changes in the Czech Republic

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The livestock system in Europe relies on a complex holistic equilibrium that is the outcome of an interplay of demand, market, crop production, livestock production, land use, water availability, and other factors. When modeling future scenarios of water consumption by livestock systems, the most suitable tools result from the interconnectivity of growth models, economic models, and climate models. We integrated the Environmental Policy Integrated Climate growth model (EPIC), animal-level model (RUMINANT), economic model (Global Biosphere Management Model, GLOBIOM), EURO-CORDEX climate models, and regression models. This study developed novel livestock production scenarios for individual regions of the Czech Republic with estimations of the categories of livestock that have been bred during the last 20 years and will be bred in the future and what their water consumption will be, both throughout the year and in particular seasons. First, the numbers of farm animals, namely, cattle, pigs, sheep, horses, goats, and poultry in 2002–2020 were evaluated, and their numbers were predicted for the following years until 2050. Second, livestock water consumption per region was determined based on the number of livestock individuals. Third, changes in the amount of water consumed by livestock per year in individual regions in 2050 compared to 2005 were estimated.

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Section: Livestock Statistical Datasetmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water Consumption by Livestock Systems from 2002–2020 and Predictions for 2030–2050 under Climate Changes in the Czech Republic

et al. 2023

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“…Therefore we based model of this phase of the material's life cycle on information available in Czech literature: We found data about the necessary agricultural processes and required amounts of input materials (seeds, artificial fertilizers, pesticides, etc.) in [12] and [13]. For the purpose of this assessment we have simplified the model according to data available to us in ecoinvent 2.0 database -see Table 2.…”

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confidence: 99%

LCA of Fibre Flax Thermal Insulation

Struhala

Stránská

Sedlák

2016

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This paper brings readers a study of Life-Cycle Assessment of thermal insulation panels made of the stems of fibre flax. This study uses cradle-to-gate system boundaries, which means that only growing and harvesting of flax and subsequent processing and manufacturing of the insulation material are included in the assessment. Transport between the facilities is also included, because it has significant impact on the results - the production facility is located in Czech Republic, but thanks to the costs main components (fibre flax stems and chemical additives) are grown or produced in various countries around the globe. The paper shows that production of such insulation material has environmental impacts comparable with other insulation materials. Conclusion of the paper includes discussion about share of individual parts of the production process (growing, harvesting, transport, processing and manufacturing) on the overall results and recommendations of changes that would lead to decrease the overall environmental impacts.

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