Evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural production using the methodologies of emergy analysis and life cycle assessment. Case study, tomato grown in Mendoza (Argentina)
This article evaluates the environmental performance of tomato production in Mendoza (Argentina) using two methodologies that share the same approach and part of the inventory: i) Life Cycle Analysis, a method that considers all flows (incoming and outgoing) involved in the life cycle of a product,...
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| author | Piastrellini, Roxana Rotolo, Gloria Claudia Arena, Alejandro Pablo Civit, Bárbara María Curadelli, Silvia |
| author_browse | Arena, Alejandro Pablo Civit, Bárbara María Curadelli, Silvia Piastrellini, Roxana Rotolo, Gloria Claudia |
| author_facet | Piastrellini, Roxana Rotolo, Gloria Claudia Arena, Alejandro Pablo Civit, Bárbara María Curadelli, Silvia |
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| description | This article evaluates the environmental performance of tomato production in Mendoza (Argentina) using two methodologies that share the same approach and part of the inventory: i) Life Cycle Analysis, a method that considers all flows (incoming and outgoing) involved in the life cycle of a product, and ii) Emergetic Analysis, which represents the environmental support provided directly and indirectly by the biosphere to economic processes in the form of resources and ecosystem services. The combined application of these two tools helps to identify critical points in the production system and to generate proposals for improvement and innovation. In this case, the critical points identified are irrigation and fertilizers. Specifically for the environmental category Climate change, crop irrigation represents 51 % of the total impact, while seedling production represents 22 %. The emergy analysis, without accounting for direct and indirect human labor, shows a low contribution of local natural resources to the final product (0.12 %), as well as an environmental burden of 7.23 %. The results show that the local environmental dynamics are altered because tomato production is mostly driven by external inputs, mainly fertilizers (especially nitrogenous fertilizers) and energy. |
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| spelling | INTA174722024-04-19T13:16:59Z Evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural production using the methodologies of emergy analysis and life cycle assessment. Case study, tomato grown in Mendoza (Argentina) Piastrellini, Roxana Rotolo, Gloria Claudia Arena, Alejandro Pablo Civit, Bárbara María Curadelli, Silvia Medio Ambiente Sostenibilidad Tomate Ciclo Vital Producción Mendoza Environment Sustainability Tomatoes Life Cycle Production This article evaluates the environmental performance of tomato production in Mendoza (Argentina) using two methodologies that share the same approach and part of the inventory: i) Life Cycle Analysis, a method that considers all flows (incoming and outgoing) involved in the life cycle of a product, and ii) Emergetic Analysis, which represents the environmental support provided directly and indirectly by the biosphere to economic processes in the form of resources and ecosystem services. The combined application of these two tools helps to identify critical points in the production system and to generate proposals for improvement and innovation. In this case, the critical points identified are irrigation and fertilizers. Specifically for the environmental category Climate change, crop irrigation represents 51 % of the total impact, while seedling production represents 22 %. The emergy analysis, without accounting for direct and indirect human labor, shows a low contribution of local natural resources to the final product (0.12 %), as well as an environmental burden of 7.23 %. The results show that the local environmental dynamics are altered because tomato production is mostly driven by external inputs, mainly fertilizers (especially nitrogenous fertilizers) and energy. EEA Oliveros Fil: Piastrellini, Roxana. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Mendoza. Grupo CLIOPE; Argentina Fil: Piastrellini, Roxana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Rotolo, Gloria Claudia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Oliveros; Argentina Fil: Arena, Alejandro Pablo. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Mendoza. Grupo CLIOPE; Argentina Fil: Arena, Alejandro Pablo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Civit, Bárbara. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Mendoza. Grupo CLIOPE; Argentina Fil: Curadelli, Silvia. Universidad Tecnológica Nacional. Facultad Regional Mendoza. Grupo CLIOPE; Argentina 2024-04-19T13:14:14Z 2024-04-19T13:14:14Z 2024-08 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17472 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772801324000113 2772-8013 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clcb.2024.100082 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2023-PD-L03-I103, Enfoques y metodologías para el estudio, monitoreo y diseño de agroecosistemas orientados a la intensificación ecológica 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 Mendoza .......... (province) (World, South America, Argentina) 1001427 Elsevier Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy 8 : 100082. (August 2024) |
| spellingShingle | Medio Ambiente Sostenibilidad Tomate Ciclo Vital Producción Mendoza Environment Sustainability Tomatoes Life Cycle Production Piastrellini, Roxana Rotolo, Gloria Claudia Arena, Alejandro Pablo Civit, Bárbara María Curadelli, Silvia Evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural production using the methodologies of emergy analysis and life cycle assessment. Case study, tomato grown in Mendoza (Argentina) |
| title | Evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural production using the methodologies of emergy analysis and life cycle assessment. Case study, tomato grown in Mendoza (Argentina) |
| title_full | Evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural production using the methodologies of emergy analysis and life cycle assessment. Case study, tomato grown in Mendoza (Argentina) |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural production using the methodologies of emergy analysis and life cycle assessment. Case study, tomato grown in Mendoza (Argentina) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural production using the methodologies of emergy analysis and life cycle assessment. Case study, tomato grown in Mendoza (Argentina) |
| title_short | Evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural production using the methodologies of emergy analysis and life cycle assessment. Case study, tomato grown in Mendoza (Argentina) |
| title_sort | evaluation of the environmental sustainability of agricultural production using the methodologies of emergy analysis and life cycle assessment case study tomato grown in mendoza argentina |
| topic | Medio Ambiente Sostenibilidad Tomate Ciclo Vital Producción Mendoza Environment Sustainability Tomatoes Life Cycle Production |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17472 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772801324000113 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clcb.2024.100082 |
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