Environmental Impacts Associated with Intensive Production in Pig Farms in Mexico through Life Cycle Assessment

Giraldi-Díaz, Mario Rafael; Castillo-González, Eduardo; Medina-Salas, Lorena De; Cruz, Raúl Velásquez-De la; Huerta-Silva, Héctor Daniel

doi:10.3390/su132011248

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“…These are some of many international transactions that take place in the world economy for satisfying EU's demand for food, in turn resulting in spillover effects (Figures 3, 4). The agri-food sector is contributing to environmental pressures worldwide, for example, quinoa demand in Peru is driving land use impacts (Bedoya-Perales et al, 2018), agriculture is contributing to degradation of water quality in Brazil (de Mello et al, 2020), cocoa production in Ghana has implications for soil, air and water quality (Boakye-Yiadom et al, 2021), environmental impacts from livestock farming in Mexico (Giraldi-Díaz et al, 2021), impacts related to biodiversity and ecotoxicity from beef production in Argentina (Fischer & Bilenca, 2020), soil erosion in Kenya due to agricultural expansion (Maeda et al, 2010). These are just selected examples that demonstrate the wide-ranging impacts driven by the agri-food sector, and the need to devise strategies for ensuring that livelihoods can be sustained without putting pressures on Earth's ecosystems.…”

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“…and water quality (Boakye-Yiadom et al, 2021), environmental impacts from livestock farming in Mexico (Giraldi-Díaz et al, 2021), impacts related to biodiversity and ecotoxicity from beef production in Argentina (Fischer & Bilenca, 2020), soil erosion in Kenya due to agricultural expansion (Maeda et al, 2010). These are just selected examples that demonstrate the wideranging impacts driven by the agri-food sector, and the need to devise strategies for ensuring that livelihoods can be sustained without putting pressures on Earth's ecosystems.…”

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Global environmental and social spillover effects of EU's food trade

Malik

Lafortune²,

Dahir³

et al. 2023

Glob. Sustain.

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Non-technical summary Globalisation has narrowed the gap between producers and consumers. Nations are increasingly relying on commodities produced outside of their borders for satisfying their consumption. This is particularly the case for the European Union (EU). This study assesses spillover effects, i.e. impacts taking place outside of the EU borders, resulting from the EU's demand for food products, in terms of environmental and social indicators. Technical summary Human demand for agri-food products contributes to environmental degradation in the form of land-use impacts and emissions into the atmosphere. Development and implementation of suitable policy instruments to mitigate these impacts requires robust and timely statistics at sectoral, regional and global levels. In this study, we aim to assess the environmental and social impacts embodied in European Union's (EU's) demand for agri-food products. To this end, we select a range of indicators: emissions (carbon dioxide, particulate matter, sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxide), land use, employment and income. We trace these environmental and social impacts across EU's trading partners to identify specific sectors and regions as hotspots of international spillovers embodied in EU's food supply chains and find that these hotspots are wide-ranging in all continents. EU's food demand is responsible for 5% of the EU's total CO2 consumption-based footprint, 9% of the total NOX footprint, 16% of the total PM footprint, 6% of the total SO2 footprint, 46% of the total land-use footprint, 13% of the total employment footprint and 5% of the total income footprint. Our results serve to inform future reforms in the EU for aligning policies and strategies with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the objectives of the Paris Climate Agreement. Social media summary Significant environmental and social spillover effects embodied in the EU's food supply chains.

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Global environmental and social spillover effects of EU's food trade

Malik

Lafortune²,

Dahir³

et al. 2023

Glob. Sustain.

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“…In particular, it has been reported that intensive pig rearing generates approx. 10% of GHG emissions from livestock, which is the second highest in this sector (Giraldi-Díaz et al, 2021); in addition, environmental issues associated with pig production concern water and air pollution (Rodhe et al, 2012). Pig slurry contains harmful substances, such as heavy metals, unpleasant odours, parasites, and pathogens that pose potential risks to the environment and public health, especially when improperly treated and applied (Sun et al, 2021).…”

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Microbial agent spraying in pig housing and slurry can potentially reduce harmful gas emissions – a preliminary study

Muhizi¹,

Kim²

2022

J. Anim. Feed Sci.

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“…c Proportion of energy generated for self-consumption from production plants. Source: own elaboration with information from[55][56][57][58].…”

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Environmental Impacts Associated with the Production and Packing of Persian Lemon in Mexico through Life-Cycle Assessment

Castillo-González,

De Medina-Salas,

Giraldi-Díaz

et al. 2024

Clean Technol.

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In this study, the environmental impacts associated with the intensive production of Persian lemons are assessed, including the agricultural and packing phases of the fresh fruit. A life-cycle assessment (LCA) tool was used in accordance with the ISO 14040 and 14044 standards and implemented in SimaPro PhD (9.2) software. The life-cycle inventory database was primarily composed of data collected during field visits to local lemon orchards and the main packing company in the region. The functional unit was defined as 1 kg of packed fresh Persian lemons. The selected impact categories were the carbon footprint, water footprint, and energy footprint, and the results obtained for the defined functional unit were 405.8 g CO2 eq, 40.3 L of water, and 5.9 MJ, respectively. The industrial packing phase of the fruits had a greater impact on the carbon and energy footprints, mostly due to the manufacturing of packaging materials and cardboard boxes, followed by the transportation of supplies. Regarding the water footprint, the agricultural phase was identified as the most significant contributor to water consumption, primarily attributed to maintenance operations and the application of agrochemicals.

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Environmental Impacts Associated with Intensive Production in Pig Farms in Mexico through Life Cycle Assessment

Cited by 13 publications

References 51 publications

Global environmental and social spillover effects of EU's food trade

Global environmental and social spillover effects of EU's food trade

Microbial agent spraying in pig housing and slurry can potentially reduce harmful gas emissions – a preliminary study

Environmental Impacts Associated with the Production and Packing of Persian Lemon in Mexico through Life-Cycle Assessment

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