Using life cycle assessment to compare intensive versus extensive agricultural systems

Meier, Matthias (2019). Using life cycle assessment to compare intensive versus extensive agricultural systems In: Weidema, Bo P. (ed.) Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture. Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science: Vol. 57 (pp. 139-150). Cambridge: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing 10.19103/as.2018.0044.03

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The number of life cycle assessment (LCA) and LCA-based footprint studies comparing food products coming from different agricultural production systems, reflecting different production intensities, is rapidly growing providing an increasing amount of data for further analyses. This chapter examines the use of LCA to compare intensive with extensive agricultural systems. The chapter addresses the validity of LCA studies comparing intensive and extensive agricultural systems and looks at assessing validity at the inventory level (using the example of reactive nitrogen emission modeling and monitoring heavy metal emissions in different farming systems).

Item Type:	Book Section (Book Chapter)
Division/Institute:	School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences HAFL > Consumer-focused Food Production > Sustainability Assessment of Food Systems
Name:	Meier, Matthias0009-0006-0991-0408 and Weidema, Bo P.
ISBN:	9781786762283
Series:	Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publisher:	Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Language:	English
Submitter:	Matthias Meier
Date Deposited:	23 Jan 2024 15:19
Last Modified:	23 Jan 2024 15:19
Publisher DOI:	10.19103/as.2018.0044.03
Related URLs:	Publication
URI:	https://arbor.bfh.ch/id/eprint/20912