Life cycle tools combined with multi-criteria and participatory methods for agricultural sustainability: Insights from a systematic and critical review

Luca, Anna Irene De; Iofrıda, Nathalıe; Leskinen, Pekka; Stillitano, Teodora; Falcone, Giacomo; Strano, Alfio; Gulısano, Gıovannı

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.284

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“…Multi-criteria methods have been used for quantitative evaluation of complex phenomena (Zavadskas et al, 2009;Žvirblis, Buračas, 2010;Baležentis, 2016 Craheix et al, 2016;Petit, Aubry, 2016;De Luca et al, 2017;Kamali et al, 2017). Multi-criteria methods integrate the values of the criteria describing a particular process and their weights into a single value.…”

Section: Methodological Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Technological, Economic and Social Indicators for Different Farming Practices in Lithuania

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Section: Methodological Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evaluation of Technological, Economic and Social Indicators for Different Farming Practices in Lithuania

Galnaitytė

Kriščiukaitienė

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et al. 2017

Economics &Amp; Sociology

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“…The LCA method has also been successfully applied in farming and agri-food systems [25][26][27][28].…”

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Integrated Methodologies (SWOT, TOWS, LCA) for Improving Production Chains and Environmental Sustainability of Kiwifruit and Baby Kiwi in Italy

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Abstract:Italy's kiwifruit growers are considered to be world-leading players of the past 20 years. However, with this success come its challenges. In the last five years, a bacterial canker of kiwifruit known as Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa) has caused a dramatic reduction in the size of the areas cultivated, leading to several experienced Piedmontese Actinidia deliciosa growers beginning to cultivate the A. arguta. To better understand the potential for replacing the common kiwifruit in Italy's Piedmont region with plantations of A. arguta and to attain a systematic approach and support for decision situations; we assessed the environmental impact of the two production chains (field and storage) from a technical-operational perspective. The assessment was conducted through interviews with producers, field and warehouse technicians and sales managers in order to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the two systems. The work presented below considers the application of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method for the field system (two different phases of the plantation) and the SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis for the entire supply chain (field and warehouse management). Finally, a TOWS analysis (Threats, Opportunities, Weakness, Strengths) integrated the results of both LCA and SWOT analyses and permitted to highlight the development strategies for A. arguta in Piedmont. The total orchard cycle for A. arguta presents an impact of 0.14 kg CO 2 eq (GWP) and for A. deliciosa an impact of 0.11 kg CO 2 eq (GWP). Based on the synthesis of results from our TOWS analysis, we identified the following development strategies to help to shape the future A. arguta supply chain in Piedmont: Large-scale oriented; Berry fruits oriented; Export and organic oriented and Niche oriented.

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“…Multiple criteria methods [4,5] and different kinds of indicators have been designed to evaluate agricultural sustainability [3,6,7]. A multidimensional set of indicators of agricultural sustainability can be interpreted using different statistical scales such asordinal and nominal, which may be difficult to handle.…”

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Developing Composite Indicators for Agricultural Sustainability Assessment: Effect of Normalization and Aggregation Techniques

2017

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Abstract:The assessment of the sustainability of agricultural systems is multidimensional in nature and requires holistic measures using indicators with different measurements and units reflecting social, economic, and environmental aspects. To simplify the assessment process, various indicators have different units, and measurements are grouped under broad indicator heads, and normalization and/or transformation processes are carried out in order to aggregate them. In this study, a total of 50 indicators from agricultural sustainability categories of productivity, stability, efficiency, durability, compatibility, and equity are employed to investigate which normalization technique is the most suitable for further mathematical analysis for developing a final composite indicator. To understand the consistency and quality of normalization measurement techniques and compare the benefits and drawbacks of the various selected normalization processes, the indicators of agricultural sustainability are considered. Each of the different techniques for normalization has advantages and drawbacks. This study shows that the proportionate normalization and hybrid aggregation rules of the arithmetic mean and the geometric mean are appropriate for the selected data set, and that this technique has a wider applicability for developing composite indicators for agricultural sustainability assessment.

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Life cycle tools combined with multi-criteria and participatory methods for agricultural sustainability: Insights from a systematic and critical review

Cited by 143 publications

References 106 publications

Evaluation of Technological, Economic and Social Indicators for Different Farming Practices in Lithuania

Evaluation of Technological, Economic and Social Indicators for Different Farming Practices in Lithuania

Integrated Methodologies (SWOT, TOWS, LCA) for Improving Production Chains and Environmental Sustainability of Kiwifruit and Baby Kiwi in Italy

Developing Composite Indicators for Agricultural Sustainability Assessment: Effect of Normalization and Aggregation Techniques

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