Carbon footprint of an olive tree grove

Proietti, Stefania; Sdringola, Paolo; Desideri, Umberto; Zepparelli, Francesco; Brunori, Antonio; Ilarioni, Luana; Nasini, Luigi; Regni, Luca; Proietti, Primo

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.04.019

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“…The majority of the recorded papers concern olive oil production in Spain (32 papers; 28.8%), Italy (26 papers; 23.4%) and Greece (22 papers; 19.8%) (Fig. b), which is based on the fact that the aforementioned countries are the largest olive oil producers …”

Section: The Use Of Environmental Tools In the Life Cycle Of Olive Oilmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The tools of experiments (E) and indicators (I) are more often met in the manufacturing and farming phases. Although Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is one of the most widely accepted environmental tools, only 18 papers involved it in their analysis . This is mostly because LCA is a relatively demanding environmental tool and the required data are not always available.…”

Section: The Use Of Environmental Tools In the Life Cycle Of Olive Oilmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The annual production of extra virgin olive oil and virgin olive oil is approximately 3 160 000 ton year −1 and 2 900 000 ton year −1 , respectively . Furthermore, approximately 63% of international olive annual production is conducted in Spain, Italy and Greece …”

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confidence: 99%

“…6,7 Furthermore, approximately 63% of international olive annual production is conducted in Spain, Italy and Greece. 8 Lately, there has been increased pressure in the agri-food industry to deal with social and environmental issues related to their supply chains within product lifecycles. 9 -12 The production of olive oil involves the consumption of large amounts of resources and the generation of emissions, that significantly downgrade the natural environment.…”

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Environmental impacts in the life cycle of olive oil: a literature review

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Achillas

Vlachokostas

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J. Sci. Food Agric.

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The production of olive oil is considered to be one of the largest agricultural business sectors in the Mediterranean area. Apart from its significant impact on the economies of countries in Southern Europe, Northern Africa and Middle East, olive oil production also involves considerable social and environmental considerations. However, despite such importance, the environmental effects of olive oil production have not been studied as much other agricultural productions and farming systems, which are more characteristic of central and northern Europe. We present a thorough and systematic literature review of scientific publications with respect to the use of environmental tools in the life cycle of olive oil. The analysis takes into consideration the farming of olive trees, the manufacture of olive oil, packaging, transportation and reverse logistics. To that end, journal publications up to 2015 in this specific field are recorded and, at the same time, the most important environmental impacts are revealed and a gap analysis is carried out. The analysis conducted reveals that farming of olive trees (with pesticide use and waste/by-product production being the 'hottest' topics) and the manufacturing of olive oil (concentrating mostly on waste/by-product production and management) are the phases with the highest environmental focus from the scientific community. Moreover, gaps in the literature are detected mostly with respect to fuel consumption and the use and promotion of renewable energy sources in olive oil production. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry.

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Section: The Use Of Environmental Tools In the Life Cycle Of Olive Oilmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: The Use Of Environmental Tools In the Life Cycle Of Olive Oilmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Environmental impacts in the life cycle of olive oil: a literature review

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“…The effect of the fresh or composted amendments was evaluated during 8-year experiment on the vegetative and productive olive tree characteristics (canopy volume, leaf area dry mass (Leaf ADM), amount of prunings, leaf photosynthesis, and fruit yield, oil content and chemical characteristics) and on the C stored in the non-permanent tree structures (prunings and fruits) and in the soil of the olive grove. Prunings and fruit yields were chosen as indicators of the above ground biomass growth because any other measures of annual growth for above ground biomass would need destructive measurements on the studied trees, as described by Proietti et al (2014). Specifically, we tested the following hypotheses: (i) the fresh OMW amendment increases vegetative activity and fruit yield of the olive trees; (ii) the fresh OMW amendment enhances a greater amount of C stored in non-permanent tree structure; (iii) the composted OMW amendment promotes a greater soil C storage than the fresh one; (iv) the use of amendments can affect the oil content and characteristics of the olive fruits.…”

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Long Term Amendment with Fresh and Composted Solid Olive Mill Waste on Olive Grove Affects Carbon Sequestration by Prunings, Fruits, and Soil

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The soil amendment with organic wastes represents a way to increase the soil fertility and the organic carbon (C) stored in the agro-ecosystems. Among the organic waste materials produced by agricultural and industrial activities, olive mill wastes derived from the olive oil extraction process may represent a suitable soil amendment. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of fresh (SOMW) or composted mixture of SOMW and shredded olive tree prunings (C-SOMW+P) on the vegetative and productive activities of olive trees, on the C stored in the tree non-permanent structures (prunings and fruits) and in the soil. The plots treated with SOMW or C-SOMW+P showed higher vegetative and productive activities than the untreated plots, and this was attributed to the higher total N and availability of P and K supplied by the amendments. Consequently, treatments increased the C sequestered in the tree non-permanent structures than in the control trees. However, no significant different effect between SOMW and C-SOMW+P treatments was found for the C stored in prunings and fruits, whereas it was evident a stronger influence of C-SOMW+P than SOMW on soil C sequestration. Indeed, about 50% the C supplied by the treatment with C-SOMW+P was sequestered in the olive grove system, with more than 90% of the sequestered C stored into the soil. The low amount of C sequestered in the soil following the addition of SOMW was attributed to its richness of moisture and easily degradable compounds that triggered the mineralization processes controlled by the soil microbial community. Although the 8 years of amendment produced a higher fruit yields than the control, no difference occurred between the characteristics and the oil content of the olive fruits. Only the total phenol content for the oil obtained from the SOMW-treated plots was significantly higher. The other considered fruit characteristics did not show significant differences.

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