Are Short Food Supply Chains More Environmentally Sustainable than Long Chains? A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the Eco-Efficiency of Food Chains in Selected EU Countries

Are Short Food Supply Chains More Environmentally Sustainable than Long Chains? A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the Eco-Efficiency of Food Chains in Selected EU Countries

Improving the eco-efficiency of food systems is one of the major global challenges faced by the modern world. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are commonly regarded to be less harmful to the environment, among various reasons, due to their organizational distribution and thus the shortened physical...

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Main Authors: Edward Majewski, Anna Komerska, Jerzy Kwiatkowski, Agata Malak-Rawlikowska, Adam Wąs, Piotr Sulewski, Marlena Gołaś, Kinga Pogodzińska, Jean-Loup Lecoeur, Barbara Tocco, Áron Török, Michele Donati, Gunnar Vittersø
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-09-01
Series:Energies
Subjects:
eco-efficiency
environmental impact
GHG emissions
energy consumption
food chain
short food supply chains (SFSCs)
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/18/4853

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