Life Cycle Assessment for the Agri-Food Sector

Abstract

DIAS reports primarily contain research results and trial statements aimed at Danish conditions. Also, the reports describe larger completed research projects or acts as an appendix at meetings and conferences. DIAS reports are published in the series: Plant production, Animal Husbandry and Horticulture. ContentsPreface 7Life cycle assessment of bread production -a comparison of eight different scenarios -9Braschkat, J., Patyk, A., Quirin, M., & Reinhardt, G. A. 9 When a hole matters -the story of the hole in a bread for French hotdog 17 Rosing, L. and Nielsen, A.M. 17Possible benefits from using LCA in the agro-food chain, example from Arla Foods 23 Inger Larsson 23 Environmental Management Practices in an Italian Coffee Company using LCA Methodology 24 Roberta Salomone 24 Slaughter offal to feed or to fuel -a comparison of systems in terms of energy balances, land use and emissions 34 Hans B. Wittgren, Helena Elmquist and Ingrid Strid Eriksson 34 Environmental assessment of contrasting pig farming systems in France 45 Basset-Mens, C. and van der Werf, H.M.G 45 LCA of Animal Products from Different Housing Systems in Switzerland: Relevance of Feedstuffs, Infrastructure and Energy Use 55Erzinger, S., Dux, D., Zimmermann, A. and Badertscher Fawaz, R. 55 Qualitative Life Cycle Assessment of Thai Shrimp Product 64 Mungkung, R. and Clift, R. 64 Life Cycle Assessment of trout farming in France: a farm level approach 71Papatryphon, E., Petit, J., Van der Werf, H. M. G. and Kaushik, S. J. 71 Environmental impacts from Danish Fish Products 78 Mikkel Thrane 78Operation specific engine load pattern and exhaust gas emission data from vehicles used in typical Swedish agricultural operations 89 M. Lindgren; O. Pettersson; O. Norén; P.-A. Hansson 89 An LC inventory based on representative and coherent farm types 98 Randi Dalgaard, Niels Halberg, Ib Sillebak Kristensen and Inger Larsen 984The ecoinvent database: use for the agri-food sector 107 Nemecek, T., Erzinger, S. and Frischknecht, R. 107 Life Cycle Inventory of the Galician dairy sector 118Hospido, A., Moreira, M.T. and Feijoo, G. Peters, J., García Quijano, J., Content, T., Van Wyk, G., Holden, N.M., Ward, S.M. & Muys, B. 143 Soybean Production in Argentina: New Technologies, agricultural environment and socioeconomic impacts. The implications for the future 157 Walter A. Pengue 157 How may Quality Assurance Systems in food chains include environmental aspects based on Life Cycle Methodology? 168 Niels Halberg 168 Sustainability in the Agrofood Sector 182 Klaas Jan Kramer & Marieke Meeusen 182Life Cycle-Based Sustainability Indicators for Assessment of the U.S. Food System 190 Keoleian, G.A. and. Heller, M.C. 190 Most significant substances of LCA to Mediterranean Greenhouse Horticulture 199Antón, M.A.; Castells, F.; Montero, J.I.; Muñoz, P. 199 Using LCA for the Improvement of Waste Management in Greenhouse Tomato Production 205Muñoz, P.; Antón, A.; Montero, J.I.; Castells, F. 205 LCA of the integrated production of oranges in the C...

Carbon Footprint of Honey in Different Beekeeping Systems

“…The significant contribution of the transport item was also reported by Kendall et al [21], who established that the Carbon Footprint of honey was in a range from 0.4 to 1.4 kg CO 2 e/kg of honey while also considering the pollination services. The CF results obtained by using economic-value-based allocation in order to include pollination services were generally lower than those found in our assessment [8,[21][22][23]. The differences in the values reported in LCA studies indicated that honey's CF is strongly dependent on the method applied, as well as on the production practices and honey beekeeping chain characteristics [22].…”

“…In particular, LCA studies focused on sugar estimated a variable Carbon Footprint range from 0.45 to 6.31 kg CO 2 e/kg of sugar depending on the technologies applied and the type of cultivation [6,7]. However, in the literature, there have been only a few LCAs implemented in apiculture [8,9].…”

Assessment of Environmental and Economic Impacts of Vine-Growing Combining Life Cycle Assessment, Life Cycle Costing and Multicriterial Analysis

“…Regarding the application of LCA to agro-food productions, several studies are available in the literature [26][27][28]; in particular, research in fruit sector has assumed a growing relevance starting from 2005. Concerning the wine sector, in the last decade there was an increasing interest in LCA applications, underlining the great relevance that the environmental issues play also in this sector [29,30].…”

“…Splitting the life cycle of wine into five sub-systems (farming, transformation, packaging, distribution and use), it has been found that the agricultural phase represents the most important potential source of greenhouse gas emissions, due to the consumption of fossil fuels for mechanical operations [30][31][32]. Comparative assessment is one of principal types of application performed by international scholars.…”

Environmental and Economic Sustainability of Table Grape Production in Italy

“…In general, LCA provides a reliable and complete quantification of net environmental impacts, thus providing alternatives to decision and policy makers [12,13]. This method is widely applied in the agricultural sector [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] and, in particular, in the viticulture and vinification sectors [23,24]. In this connection, LCA allows the environmental performance of the overall wine sector to be investigated [25], mainly through the "cradle-to-grave" approach, i.e., considering the grape production, vinification, bottling, and distribution [26].…”