TY - GEN
T1 - The applicability of LCA to evaluate the key environmental challenges in food supply chains
AU - Aronsson, Anna K.S.
AU - Landquist, Birgit
AU - Esturo, Aintzane
AU - Olafsdottir, Gudrun
AU - Ramos, Saioa
AU - Pardo, Guillermo
AU - Nielsen, Thorkild
AU - Viera, Grace
AU - Lassen, Anne
AU - Andrade, Grace Patricia Viera
AU - Larsen, Erling
AU - Bogason, Sigurdur G.
AU - Mjöll Ingolfsdottir, , Gyda
AU - Yngvadottir, Eva
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - System analysis was performed to gain an overview of key environmental challenges and pinpoint hotspots causing environmental impacts in three European food supply chains. An overview was obtained based on a review on LCA studies for beef, dairy, orange juice and aquaculture food supply chains. Similarities of the main environmental impacts were identified to rationalize and justify the selection of key performance indicators chosen for a simplified web based LCA tool developed within the EC funded project SENSE (FP7). Life Cycle Assessment methodology covered many of the key challenges identified but will not be sufficient to address all environmental im-pacts generated from the food supply chains. Especially for aquaculture impacts that are not taken into account with LCA are i.e. nutrient and organic matter releases, impacts associated with feed provision, diseases introduction, escapes, and changed usage of coastal areas. In agriculture land use and biodiversity are issues not well covered.
AB - System analysis was performed to gain an overview of key environmental challenges and pinpoint hotspots causing environmental impacts in three European food supply chains. An overview was obtained based on a review on LCA studies for beef, dairy, orange juice and aquaculture food supply chains. Similarities of the main environmental impacts were identified to rationalize and justify the selection of key performance indicators chosen for a simplified web based LCA tool developed within the EC funded project SENSE (FP7). Life Cycle Assessment methodology covered many of the key challenges identified but will not be sufficient to address all environmental im-pacts generated from the food supply chains. Especially for aquaculture impacts that are not taken into account with LCA are i.e. nutrient and organic matter releases, impacts associated with feed provision, diseases introduction, escapes, and changed usage of coastal areas. In agriculture land use and biodiversity are issues not well covered.
M3 - Article in proceeding
SN - 978 - 0 - 9882145 - 7 - 6
SP - 55
EP - 53
BT - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector. ed. / Rita Schenck; Douglas Huizenga. ACLCA, 2014. p. 55-63.
A2 - Schenck, Rita
A2 - Huizenga, Douglas
PB - ACLCA
ER -