Environmental impacts of imported and locally grown fruits for the French market: a cradle-to-farm-gate LCA study
| Autor: | Henri Vannière, Sandra Payen, Hadrien Heitz, Yannick Biard, Dominique Grasselly, Peter Koch, Claudine Basset-Mens, Angela Braun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Analyse du cycle de vie
Integrated pest management Citrus E70 - Commerce commercialisation et distribution 010501 environmental sciences Horticulture 01 natural sciences Agricultural science F01 - Culture des plantes Citrus clementina Environmental impact assessment Cropping system Life-cycle assessment 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Prunus persica Culture fruitière Impact sur l'environnement Évaluation de l'impact Mangifera indica 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences E71 - Commerce international Crop protection Agronomy Malus pumila 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Environmental science P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières Energy source Agronomy and Crop Science Clementine Cropping Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Fruits |
| ISSN: | 1625-967X 0248-1294 |
| DOI: | 10.1051/fruits/2015050 |
| Popis: | Introduction. Fruits are under growing scrutiny regarding their environmental impacts. However, fruit cropping systems have seldom been studied using life cycle assessment (LCA). As part of the Agribalyse® project, the cropping systems for apple and peach in France, clementine in Morocco, and mango in Brazil were evaluated with a cradle-to-farm-gate LCA in order to include the manufacturing, transportation and utilization of all inputs used on the farm. Materials and methods. Representative systems for each fruit were designed, relying mostly on expert knowledge for apple, peach and clementine, and on a detailed survey of eight commercial orchards for mango from the Rio San Francisco Valley in Brazil. Potential environmental impacts were calculated using the ReCiPe Midpoint (H) method. Results and discussion. For most impact categories, apple showed the least impacts, followed by mango, peach and clementine. For marine eutrophication, mango and small citrus had the least impact, followed by apple and peach far above. For ecotoxicity, mango had the least impact followed by apple, peach and clementine far above. For each fruit cropping system, margins of improvement were identified and associated with agronomic recommendations. Generally speaking, the key aspects driving the eco-efficiency of fruit cropping systems at the farm gate were the yield, the fertilizer rates, the use of toxic substances for pest management, the water requirement associated with its local availability and the energy source for irrigation. The ecotoxicity results revealed were uncertain due to the difficulty of determining representative crop protection practices for perennial crops. Conclusion. The Agribalyse® program represented an important step forward for the environmental assessment of fruits. Complementary research is needed to design better crop protection practices, field emissions and water-use impacts. (Resume d'auteur) |
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