Harvesting system sustainability in Mediterranean olive cultivation: Other principal cultivar

Bernardi, Bruno; Falcone, Giacomo; Stillitano, Teodora; Benalia, Souraya; Bacenetti, Jacopo; Luca, Anna Irene De

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142508

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“…Tillage represents the most impacting operation for "Ozone formation, Human health", "Fine particulate matter formation", "Ozone formation, Terrestrial ecosystems" and "Terrestrial acidification", and its impact is largely attributable to the combustion of diesel. In this sense, the results can be compared with Bernardi et al [38,63], who, analysing only the operation of mechanical harvesting, showed that in crop operations that require the use of agricultural machinery, the greatest impact is generated by the combustion of fuel.…”

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Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Olive Production: A Case Study

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This paper aims to achieve an economic feasibility and life cycle assessment of three different olive cultivation systems in the Mediterranean area through the joint use of economic and environmental indicators, in order to identify the key elements to optimize their economic performance and a lower environmental impact. Three different management systems of olive cultivation were analysed by distinguishing Treatment 1—Fully Irrigated, Treatment 2—Partially Irrigated, and Treatment 3—Non-Irrigated, which were conducted through different levels of irrigation strategies. The three scenarios were examined using a Life Cycle Assessment methodology to assess the environmental impacts, and the impact in terms of water footprint was investigated using the Water Scarcity Index approach. The economic sustainability evaluation of olive cultivation was carried out through economic indicators, taking into account all of the cost and revenue factors of the olive cultivation in each management system. The results showed, overall, a suitable level of profitability of different scenarios, except for the Partially Irrigated treatment, as the investment costs of the irrigation system are not economically sustainable with regard to the revenue obtained. Furthermore, the findings highlighted the importance of irrigation management strategies to decrease agricultural practice costs and the negative environmental impact of olive production.

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“…Title Year SourceBernardi B., Falcone G., Stillitano T., Benalia S., Bacenetti J., De Luca A.I [63]. …”

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“…In the first step the definition of the Functional Unit, "the measurement unit to which all inputs and outputs data are related" [38], is of fundamental importance. In this case it is identified in one hectare of cultivated area and in one kg of early potato in order to assess aspects of the production process and the production itself, expressed as kg of product obtained.…”

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Life Cycle Assessment to Highlight the Environmental Burdens of Early Potato Production

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Climate change, food security, and the protection of the planet’s resources require the adoption of sustainable production models. Achieving sustainable development in the agri-food sector enables the creation of new opportunities for operators, guiding farmers towards more environmentally friendly practices and offering cost-effective results. Organic farming paradigms are promoted by the transformation of some harmful practices of conventional agriculture, such as the wide use of chemical products of synthesis, the deep workings that favor the erosive processes, the excessive use of nitrogenous fertilizers. There are still gaps in the knowledge of the real performance of some products that strongly support the local economic system of Sicily (Italy). The research aims to highlight the differences in environmental impact caused by the cultivation of organic early potatoes compared to the conventional regime and the same per kg of product obtained. To this end, the widely used methodology for comparing the environmental impacts of agricultural production systems is the Life Cycle Assessment, which allows us to highlight the phases in which environmental criticalities are most concentrated. An interesting agroecological picture of knowledge emerges, since organic farming is by definition an ecological model that supports the principles of the Green Deal, it often requires interventions to improve the yields obtained in order to achieve a positive result both in terms of cultivated surface and kg of product obtained.

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“…However, to provide useful data for the scientific community, elaborations were carried out for individual logging operations referring to a reference unit of "1 h of execution". This unit is more easily scalable and therefore could be useful for applying the results obtained to other studies [56,57]. The system boundary includes all the operations of wood harvesting (felling, bunching, extraction and processing), chipping and secondary timber transport of wood.…”

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Assessment and Sustainability of Logging Operations in Calabrian Pine High Forests

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Forest mechanisation plays an important role in increasing labour productivity and reducing production costs. This work aims at evaluating various logging scenarios in Calabrian pine high forests, considering technical, economic and environmental aspects. The cut-to-length system was adopted and structured as follows: felling and processing operations were carried out using a medium-sized chainsaw while extraction of the processed material was carried out using three different vehicles for timber extraction: (i) by cable skidder, (ii) by grapple skidder and (iii) by a forwarder. The methodology was based on productivity analysis and production cost analysis, while for environmental performance, the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach was adopted. The selected functional unit (FU) was referred to as 1 h of logging operations. However, to assess the resulting usefulness, further analyses were performed using an alternative FU consisting of 1 m3 of round wood. The study’s outcomes show the complexity in achieving an optimal balance between productivity, economic aspects and sustainable management in forest operations.

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Harvesting system sustainability in Mediterranean olive cultivation: Other principal cultivar

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Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Olive Production: A Case Study

Economic and Environmental Sustainability of Olive Production: A Case Study

Life Cycle Assessment to Highlight the Environmental Burdens of Early Potato Production

Assessment and Sustainability of Logging Operations in Calabrian Pine High Forests

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