A comparative Life Cycle Assessment between organic and conventional barley cultivation for sustainable agriculture pathways

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作者
Tricase, Caterina [1 ]
Lamonaca, Emilia [1 ]
Ingrao, Carlo [1 ]
Bacenetti, Jacopo [2 ]
Lo Giudice, Agata [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Foggia, Dept Econ, Largo Papa Giovanni Paolo 2,1, I-71121 Foggia, Italy
[2] Univ Milan, Dept Agr & Environm Sci Prod Landscape & Agroener, Via Giovanni Celoria 2, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[3] Univ Johannesburg, Fac Engn & Built Environm, Dept Qual & Operat Management, APB Campus,POB 524,Auckland Pk, ZA-2006 Johannesburg, South Africa
关键词
Cereals; Life cycle analysis; Comparative assessment; Organic farming; Conventional farming; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY; GRAIN PRODUCTION; CROP PRODUCTION; EMISSIONS; SYSTEMS; LCA; CLIMATE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.07.008
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
This paper is based upon a comparative environmental evaluation between organic and conventional cultivation of barley, under favorable pedo-climatic conditions. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was performed alternatively using, as Functional Units (FUs), 1 ha of land involved in cultivation of barley to seek environmental sustainability and 1 kg of dry matter grains of produced barley to check productive efficiency. The study aims at highlighting the best solution for cultivation of barley. The topic was addressed because of the lack of comprehensive comparisons between organic and conventional management of barley production systems, which involve specific methodological assumptions (i.e. different FUs, economic allocation procedure between product and co-product). Findings from comparative LCA show that organic barley cultivation is the most environmentally sustainable solution (but not efficient in production), vice versa conventional barley cultivation is the solution most efficient in production (but not environmentally sustainable). Using 1 ha as FU, the cultivation of organic barley produces environmental impacts for 2.33 pt vs. the 2.55 pt of the cultivation of conventional barley. Vice-versa using 1 kg as FU, organic barley accounts for 3.103E-04 pt vs. the 2.396E-04 pt of conventional barley. Efficiency in production and environmental sustainability may also depend on qualitative elements (crop quality and adaptiveness to specific pedo-climatic conditions). (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:3747 / 3759
页数:13
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