Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks
This study proposes a framework of environmental and energy performance indicators identified and critically evaluated within the scientific literature and the Agricultural European Database for the monitoring and evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. The identified set...
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| author | Ghisellini, Patrizia Ncube, Amos Rotolo, Gloria Claudia Vassillo, Chiara Kaiser, Serena Passaro, Renato Ulgiati, Sergio |
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| description | This study proposes a framework of environmental and energy performance indicators identified and critically evaluated within the scientific literature and the Agricultural European Database for the monitoring and evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. The identified set of performance indicators encompasses the whole life cycle of agri-food systems from primary production stage until end-of-life stage in agreement with the circular economy and EU “farm to fork strategy” frameworks. In particular, the practices/goals/targets suggested in the latter (e.g., organic farming goals, more relevance assigned to plant-based diets, support for the creation of short supply chains, and reduction in food losses and waste) have guided the search for the main topics of interest in our analysis and the associated environmental and energy indicators. The results of this study evidence a proposed set of performance indicators selected from the literature among LCA and non-LCA indicators (midpoint LCA impacts, cumulative energy use, emergy accounting, and material flow accounting, among others) that could be helpful in integrating the EU CAP indicators for monitoring and evaluating efforts and achieved results toward implementing and controlling the effectiveness of the adopted “farm to fork” policy and related legislative measures, as well as the application of the circular economy model. |
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| spelling | INTA142362023-03-15T11:33:05Z Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks Ghisellini, Patrizia Ncube, Amos Rotolo, Gloria Claudia Vassillo, Chiara Kaiser, Serena Passaro, Renato Ulgiati, Sergio Medio Ambiente Sistemas Alimentarios Economía Circular Energía Environment Food Systems Circular Economy Energy This study proposes a framework of environmental and energy performance indicators identified and critically evaluated within the scientific literature and the Agricultural European Database for the monitoring and evaluation of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union. The identified set of performance indicators encompasses the whole life cycle of agri-food systems from primary production stage until end-of-life stage in agreement with the circular economy and EU “farm to fork strategy” frameworks. In particular, the practices/goals/targets suggested in the latter (e.g., organic farming goals, more relevance assigned to plant-based diets, support for the creation of short supply chains, and reduction in food losses and waste) have guided the search for the main topics of interest in our analysis and the associated environmental and energy indicators. The results of this study evidence a proposed set of performance indicators selected from the literature among LCA and non-LCA indicators (midpoint LCA impacts, cumulative energy use, emergy accounting, and material flow accounting, among others) that could be helpful in integrating the EU CAP indicators for monitoring and evaluating efforts and achieved results toward implementing and controlling the effectiveness of the adopted “farm to fork” policy and related legislative measures, as well as the application of the circular economy model. EEA Oliveros Fil: Ghisellini, Patrizia. University of Naples Parthenope. Department of Engineering; Italia Fil: Ncube, Amos. University of Naples Parthenope. Department of Science and Technology. International PhD Programme/UNESCO Chair “Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development”; Italia Fil: Rotolo, Gloria Claudia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Oliveros; Argentina Fil: Vassillo, Chiara. University of Naples Parthenope. Department of Engineering; Italia Fil: Kaiser, Serena. University of Naples Parthenope. Department of Science and Technology. International PhD Programme/UNESCO Chair “Environment, Resources and Sustainable Development”; Italia Fil: Passaro, Renato. University of Naples Parthenope. Department of Engineering; Italia Fil: Ulgiati, Sergio. University of Naples Parthenope. Department of Science and Technology; Italia Fil: Ulgiati, Sergio. Beijing Normal University. School of Environment. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control; China 2023-03-15T11:31:28Z 2023-03-15T11:31:28Z 2023-02 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14236 https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/4/1671 1996-1073 https://doi.org/10.3390/en16041671 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf MDPI Energies 16 (4) : 1671 (February 2023) |
| spellingShingle | Medio Ambiente Sistemas Alimentarios Economía Circular Energía Environment Food Systems Circular Economy Energy Ghisellini, Patrizia Ncube, Amos Rotolo, Gloria Claudia Vassillo, Chiara Kaiser, Serena Passaro, Renato Ulgiati, Sergio Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks |
| title | Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks |
| title_full | Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks |
| title_fullStr | Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks |
| title_short | Evaluating Environmental and Energy Performance Indicators of Food Systems, within Circular Economy and “Farm to Fork” Frameworks |
| title_sort | evaluating environmental and energy performance indicators of food systems within circular economy and farm to fork frameworks |
| topic | Medio Ambiente Sistemas Alimentarios Economía Circular Energía Environment Food Systems Circular Economy Energy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/14236 https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/4/1671 https://doi.org/10.3390/en16041671 |
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