Environmental Footprints and Scenario Analysis for Assessing the Impacts of the Agri‐Food Industry on a Regional Economy: A Case Study in Spain

Cazcarro, Ignacio; Duarte, Rosa; Chóliz, Julio Sánchez; Sarasa, Cristina; Serrano, Ana

doi:10.1111/jiec.12209

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“…Linking this study with recent work on Spanish agri‐food industries and mutli‐regional input‐output tables is a promising perspective (Cazcarro et al. , ).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Hence, a comprehensive view with a multi-supply chain approach is needed in order be more policy-relevant. Linking this study with recent work on Spanish agri-food industries and mutli-regional inputoutput tables is a promising perspective (Cazcarro et al 2013(Cazcarro et al , 2014.…”

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confidence: 95%

“…In a complementary way, the present work adopts a territorial point of view and is primarily intended for institutional decision makers at regional and national levels. Cazcarro and colleagues () propose a similar perspective by focusing on footprints and scenario analysis of the agro‐industry of a Spanish region. They underline the importance of articulating regional and national strategies, stressing that Spanish regions have major competences regarding the local economy and environment.…”

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“…Linking this study with recent work on Spanish agri‐food industries and mutli‐regional input‐output tables is a promising perspective (Cazcarro et al. , ).…”

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“…Environmental impacts of species cultivation, extraction and use can lead to various impacts, which can change the ecosystem significantly up to the point where the cultivation of species used as biotic materials and thus the availability of these materials is jeopardized [11,110]. Emissions during cultivation, extraction and use (as well as the end of life) can lead to direct and indirect pollution of the environment (e.g., acidification, eutrophication, etc.)…”

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Availability of abiotic resources has been a topic of concern in recent years, resulting in several approaches being published to determine their availability on country and product level. However, the availability of biotic materials has not been analyzed to this extent yet. Therefore, an approach to determine possible limitations to availability of terrestrial biotic materials over the entire supply chain is introduced. The approach considers 24 categories overall as well as associated category indicators for the five dimensions: physical, socio-economic, abiotic, social and environmental constraints. This ensures a comprehensive availability assessment of bio-based product systems. The approach is applied to a case study comparing biodiesel produced from rapeseed and soy beans. The study shows that the determination of indicator values is feasible for most categories and their interpretation leads to meaningful conclusions. Thus, the approach leads to a more comprehensive assessment of availability aspects and supports better informed decision making in industry and policy.

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“…generating industrial income and employment in Spain, presenting important backward linkages with the agricultural sector [15].…”

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The Spanish Food Industry on Global Supply Chains and Its Impact on Water Resources

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Pinilla

Serrano

2014

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Abstract:The study of the impact of economic activities on natural resources through global supply chains is increasingly demanded in the context of the growing globalization of economies and product fragmentation. Taking Spain as a case study and a sector with significant economic and environmental impacts, the agri-food industry, the objective of this work is two-fold. First, we estimate the associated water impact, both from the production and consumption perspectives, paying special attention to the water embodied in production exchanges among countries and sectors. To that aim, we use an environmentally-extended multiregional input-output model (MRIO). Second, we assess the main driving factors behind changes in direct and embodied water consumption between the years 1995 and 2009 by means of a structural decomposition analysis. The MRIO model provides a comprehensive estimate of the economic linkages among regions and economic sectors and, therefore, allows calculating the environmental impacts over international value chains. The results indicate that the food industry exerts large impacts on global water resources, particularly given the remarkable interactions with the domestic and foreign agricultural sectors, These growing linkages show how consumption patterns, and, therefore, lifestyles, involve large environmental impacts through the whole and global supply chains. OPEN ACCESSWater 2015, 7 133

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Environmental Footprints and Scenario Analysis for Assessing the Impacts of the Agri‐Food Industry on a Regional Economy: A Case Study in Spain

Cited by 17 publications

References 17 publications

Environmental Pressures Embodied in the French Cereals Supply Chain

Environmental Pressures Embodied in the French Cereals Supply Chain

Assessing the Availability of Terrestrial Biotic Materials in Product Systems (BIRD)

The Spanish Food Industry on Global Supply Chains and Its Impact on Water Resources

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