Distributing asparagus: a climate perspective considering producer and consumer aspects

Lampert, Paul; Soode, Eveli; Menrad, Klaus; Theuvsen, Ludwig

doi:10.1080/21683565.2015.1118718

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“…This variability within the shopping trip has also been proven by Mohr [31] for groceries and by Soode et al [9] for asparagus, strawberries, and Phalaenopsis. Furthermore, the main factors for the differences between the retail outlets (basket of goods, distance, combined trip) are in line with the studies by Mohr [32] and Lampert et al [18].…”

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confidence: 86%

“…We used PAS 2050 [22] and PAS 2050-1 [23] as guidelines for calculating the PCF. However, contrary to the PAS 2050-1 guidance, we also included customer shopping trip emissions because it can be an essential parameter in horticultural or grocery supply chains, according to Lampert et al [18], Soode et al [9], and Schaefer and Blanke [7]. For the modelling of the relevant processes and the PCF calculation, we used the specialized software Umberto NXT CO 2 and ecoinvent v2.2 databases.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Yet, for example, the average US citizen is responsible for the production of approximately 17 t of CO 2e per year, caused by consumer-related activities [16]. Carbon Footprint (CF) studies that include consumer-related activities in a cradle-to-grave assessment come to the conclusion that, depending on the product and consumer behavior, the customer does indeed have a remarkable impact on the whole PCF [7,9,17,18]). Furthermore, in a meta-analysis of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies, Foster et al [19] point out that the consumer stage plays an important role when consuming pasta, potatoes, or frozen fish.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…Trade-offs between storage and out-of-season production GHG emissions and food transport emissions can vary greatly by season, product and location, as well as production and transportation strategies. While some studies demonstrate that local food production could result in lower GHG emissions (Lampert et al, 2016; Rothwell et al, 2016), other studies show situations where imported food results in lower emissions (Milà i Canals et al, 2007; Ledgard et al, 2011). While ozone-depleting refrigerants have largely been phased out, popular replacements [e.g., hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)] have global warming potentials sometimes thousands of times higher than CO 2 (Zhang et al, 2011).…”

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Climate change mitigation beyond agriculture: a review of food system opportunities and implications

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A large body of research has explored opportunities to mitigate climate change in agricultural systems; however, less research has explored opportunities across the food system. Here we expand the existing research with a review of potential mitigation opportunities across the entire food system, including in pre-production, production, processing, transport, consumption and loss and waste. We detail and synthesize recent research on the topic, and explore the applicability of different climate mitigation strategies in varying country contexts with different economic and agricultural systems. Further, we highlight some potential adaptation co-benefits of food system mitigation strategies and explore the potential implications of such strategies on food systems as a whole. We suggest that a food systems research approach is greatly needed to capture such potential synergies, and highlight key areas of additional research including a greater focus on low- and middle-income countries in particular. We conclude by discussing the policy and finance opportunities needed to advance mitigation strategies in food systems.

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“…In many cases these public sector efforts culminate in expanded markets that render it more attractive for the private sector. A good example is asparagus where most research and plant breeding were confined to the public sector until the late 20th century when seed companies progressively assumed more importance due to larger markets and the profitability of all-male hybrids [2].…”

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Specialty Crop Germplasm and Public Breeding Efforts in the United States

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The United States Department of Agriculture/Agriculture Research Service/National Germplasm System (USDA/ARS/NGS) plant germplasm collections contain more than 600,000 different accessions of 16,289 species, including virtually all the ethnic and specialty crops of interest to United States (U.S.) agriculture. These and additional collections of plant seeds and asexual propagules are maintained at various laboratories and facilities geographically dispersed in the U.S. including NGS and many public land grant university institutions. The majority of these species fall under the definition of “specialty” crops since their utility is either narrow in scope or has not been fully developed. This paper summarizes the status of “specialty” and ethnic crop species germplasm in the U.S. including where the collections are maintained and how they are being used.

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Distributing asparagus: a climate perspective considering producer and consumer aspects

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Climate change mitigation beyond agriculture: a review of food system opportunities and implications

Specialty Crop Germplasm and Public Breeding Efforts in the United States

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