Carbon and water footprint tradeoffs in fresh tomato production

Page, G. William; Ridoutt, Bradley G.; Bellotti, William D

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.03.036

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“…However, owing to the specifi c transcontinental connection between the production sources and markets, transport regimes are closely linked to these. For this reason, in our study, in the case of greenhouse and PE tunnel production, transport has the highest environmental impact (from 0.0936 to 0.9036 kg CO 2eq ), but it is still lower than the fi gure from the Australian study conducted by [18], in which generally higher values (0.39 to 1.97 kg CO 2eq ) were estimated, probably because of longer transport routes and the more effi cient diesel engines in European trucks. On the other hand, [19] including only the transport of raw materials, which impact amounts from 0.023 to 1.04 kg CO 2eq , makes direct comparison in the area of transport impossible.…”

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confidence: 52%

Ecological Footprints and CO2 Emissions of Tomato Production in Slovenia

Stajnko

Narodoslawsky

Lakota

2016

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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confidence: 52%

Ecological Footprints and CO2 Emissions of Tomato Production in Slovenia

Stajnko

Narodoslawsky

Lakota

2016

Pol. J. Environ. Stud.

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“…Besides the type of production system, the season can also have a substantial impact on the carbon footprint of greenhouse production (Page et al, 2012), stressing the importance of considering heating/growing schedules. Torrellas et al (2012) investigated both environmental and economic aspects of protected crop production for four scenarios, considering in total two crops and three European locations.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As it is common in LCA studies (Cellura et al, 2012;Dias et al, 2017;Ntinas et al, 2017;Page et al, 2012;Payen et al, 2015;Torrellas et al, 2013), the analyses are based on either specific production systems or annual average production performances, and rely on energy input data obtained from questionnaires/surveys. Therefore, they serve a different purpose from the work presented in this paper.…”

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A generic tool for quantifying the energy requirements of glasshouse food production

Georgiou

Acha

Shah

et al. 2018

Journal of Cleaner Production

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a b s t r a c tQuantifying the use of resources in food production and its environmental impact is key to identifying distinctive measures which can be used to develop pathways towards low-carbon food systems. In this paper, a first-principle modelling approach is developed, referred to as gThermaR (Glasshouse-Thermal Requirements). gThermaR is a generic tool that focuses on the energy requirements of protected heated production, by integrating holistic energy, carbon, and cost modelling, food production, data analytics and visualization. The gThermaR tool employs historic data from weather stations, growing schedules and requirements specific to grower and product needs (e.g. set-point temperatures, heating periods, etc.) in order to quantify the heating and cooling requirements of glasshouse food production. In the present paper, a case study is reported that employs a database compiled for the UK. Another relevant feature of the tool is that it can quantify the effects that spatial and annual weather trends can have on these heating and cooling requirements. The main contribution of this work, therefore, concerns the development a tool that can provide a simple integrated approach for performing a wide range of analyses relevant to the thermal requirements of heated glasshouses. The tool is validated through collaborations with industrial partners and showcased in a case study of a heated glasshouse in the UK, offering the capacity to benchmark and compare different glasshouse types and food growth processes. Results from the case study indicate that a significant reduction in the heating requirement and, therefore, carbon footprint, of the facility can be achieved by improving key design and operational parameters. Results indicate savings in the peak daily and annual heating requirements of 44e50% and 51e57% respectively, depending on the region where the glasshouse is located. This improvement is also reflected in the carbon emissions and operating costs for the different energy sources considered. Furthermore, the temporal variability/uncertainty of the annual energy requirements and of the peak daily energy requirements are found to be considerably lowered through improvements to the glasshouse attributes. Overall, gThermaR proves its value in quantifying and identifying key factors that have a significant impact on energy requirements of heated glasshouses. Such valuable outputs are invaluable for stakeholders in the food industry that have an interest in mapping the sustainability and mitigating the carbon footprint of their supply chain processes.

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“…During the last five years, there has also been growing interest in calculating and evaluating the amount of GHGs released in the agricultural production by using CF cradle-to-farm-gate measurements (PAGE et al, 2012;CHENG et al, 2011;BOCCHIOLA et al, 2013;DONG et al, 2013;KISSINGER, 2013;KNUDSEN et al, 2014).…”

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Carbon footprint of the colombian cocoa production

et al. 2016

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ABSTRACT:Cocoa is an important commercial crop in the tropics; and estimating the carbon emissions in the producing-areas is a worthwhile effort. The main goal of the current paper was to evaluate the carbon footprint (CF) per kilogram of Colombian cocoa bean produced under conventional and agroforestry managements, following the methods proposed by PAS 2050. In this research, we compared our results to other worldwide researches, showing an overview of the current limitations and challenges involving the CF researches. Our results showed that all calculated environmental burdens were lower for the conventional management. In the agroforestry practice, composting of cocoa pod husks contributed with approximately 34.00E+00 g methane and 2.55E+00 g nitrous oxide emissions per kilogram of cocoa grain produced. Therefore, such practice could reduce CF by 6.00E+00 kg CO 2 Eq kg -1 , which is certainly a significant amount. These cocoa residues left on the ground have a strong impact on CF of both studied managements due to the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter, which represents more than 85% of emissions. We concluded that both evaluated production processes can emit environmental burdens at the same magnitude. Definitely, there is a widespread need to improve cocoa production system by changing old and less productive plants to the so called clones to ensure cocoa yield and quality worldwide. KEYWORDS:Carbon footprint, climate changes, global warming potential, Theobroma cacao L. PEGADA DE CARBONO DA PRODUÇÃO DE CACAU COLOMBIANORESUMO: O cacau é uma importante cultura comercial nos trópicos e estimar as emissões de carbono para áreas de melhoria de segmentação é um esforço que vale a pena. Portanto, o principal objetivo do presente trabalho foi avaliar a pegada de carbono (CF) de grãos de cacau colombianos por kg utilizando a metodologia por PAS 2050. Nesta pesquisa, discutiram-se os resultados e apresentou-se uma visão geral das limitações percebidas e dos desafios atuais de pesquisa CF. Os resultados mostram que todas as cargas foram calculadas e encontram-se rebaixadas para a tecnologia convencional. A compostagem contribuiu com aproximadamente 34.00E + 00 g de metano e 2.55E + 00 g de óxido nitroso por quilograma de cacau. Assim, esta prática é capaz de reduzir o CF por 6.00E + 00 kg CO2 eq kg-1, que é certamente significativo. Resíduos deixados no solo, como é o caso da casca de cacau, têm um forte impacto sobre a CF de ambas as tecnologias estudadas devido à decomposição anaeróbia da matéria orgânica, o que representa mais de 85% das emissões. Pode-se concluir que o processo de produção selecionado pode emitir cargas ambientais com a mesma ordem de grandeza, utilizando-se das duas abordagens tecnológicas diferentes, vulgarmente utilizadas neste campo. Então, definitivamente, não é uma necessidade generalizada para promover a modernização da produção de cacau por uma transição em que as velhas e menos produtivas plantas são substituídas pelos chamados clones, a fim de garantir a produtividade do cacau m...

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Carbon and water footprint tradeoffs in fresh tomato production

Cited by 163 publications

References 27 publications

Ecological Footprints and CO2 Emissions of Tomato Production in Slovenia

Ecological Footprints and CO2 Emissions of Tomato Production in Slovenia

A generic tool for quantifying the energy requirements of glasshouse food production

Carbon footprint of the colombian cocoa production

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