Emissions Reduction Strategies for the Orange and Cherry Industries in New South Wales
The orange and cherry industries in New South Wales, Australia, are major horticulture industries with a high export value. Climate change has resulted in the carbon footprint of products being used by consumers to guide purchases meaning that products with a relatively high carbon footprint risk lo...
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| author | Aaron T. Simmons Marja Simpson Paul-Antoine Bontinck John Golding Tim Grant Jess Fearnley Steven Falivene |
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| description | The orange and cherry industries in New South Wales, Australia, are major horticulture industries with a high export value. Climate change has resulted in the carbon footprint of products being used by consumers to guide purchases meaning that products with a relatively high carbon footprint risk losing market access. The carbon footprint of cherry and orange production is unknown and there is no assessment of the success of climate change mitigation strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of their production and move production towards being carbon neutral. This study assesses the climate change mitigation potential of five management changes to on-farm cherry and orange production (revegetation, the use of nitrification inhibitors, renewable energy, green N fertilisers, and pyrolysis of orchard residues) over a 25-year period. for example, orchards in relevant growing regions. The results show that the carbon footprint of production can be reduced by 73 and 83% for cherries and oranges, respectively, when strategies that avoid emissions are included in their production. When strategies that sequester C from the atmosphere are also included, cherry and orange production becomes C negative in the first few years of the scenario. The economics of implementing these strategies are unfavourable, at present; however, our results indicate that the NSW cherry and orange industries can be confident in achieving emissions reductions in on-farm production to assure market access for their products. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6cc1b18006e5452b89de4b8c7c472c942023-11-19T10:41:31ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582023-09-011218332810.3390/foods12183328Emissions Reduction Strategies for the Orange and Cherry Industries in New South WalesAaron T. Simmons0Marja Simpson1Paul-Antoine Bontinck2John Golding3Tim Grant4Jess Fearnley5Steven Falivene6NSW Department of Primary Industries, Muldoon St., Taree, NSW 2430, AustraliaNSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, Orange, NSW 2800, AustraliaLifecycles, 2/398 Smith Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066, AustraliaNSW Department of Primary Industries, Locked Bag 26, Gosford, NSW 2250, AustraliaLifecycles, 2/398 Smith Street, Collingwood, VIC 3066, AustraliaNSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange Agricultural Institute, Orange, NSW 2800, AustraliaNSW Department of Primary Industries, P.O. Box 62, Dareton, NSW 2717, AustraliaThe orange and cherry industries in New South Wales, Australia, are major horticulture industries with a high export value. Climate change has resulted in the carbon footprint of products being used by consumers to guide purchases meaning that products with a relatively high carbon footprint risk losing market access. The carbon footprint of cherry and orange production is unknown and there is no assessment of the success of climate change mitigation strategies to reduce the carbon footprint of their production and move production towards being carbon neutral. This study assesses the climate change mitigation potential of five management changes to on-farm cherry and orange production (revegetation, the use of nitrification inhibitors, renewable energy, green N fertilisers, and pyrolysis of orchard residues) over a 25-year period. for example, orchards in relevant growing regions. The results show that the carbon footprint of production can be reduced by 73 and 83% for cherries and oranges, respectively, when strategies that avoid emissions are included in their production. When strategies that sequester C from the atmosphere are also included, cherry and orange production becomes C negative in the first few years of the scenario. The economics of implementing these strategies are unfavourable, at present; however, our results indicate that the NSW cherry and orange industries can be confident in achieving emissions reductions in on-farm production to assure market access for their products.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/18/3328pyrolysisgreen nitrogenrevegetationcarbon neutralphotovoltaic |
| spellingShingle | Aaron T. Simmons Marja Simpson Paul-Antoine Bontinck John Golding Tim Grant Jess Fearnley Steven Falivene Emissions Reduction Strategies for the Orange and Cherry Industries in New South Wales Foods pyrolysis green nitrogen revegetation carbon neutral photovoltaic |
| title | Emissions Reduction Strategies for the Orange and Cherry Industries in New South Wales |
| title_full | Emissions Reduction Strategies for the Orange and Cherry Industries in New South Wales |
| title_fullStr | Emissions Reduction Strategies for the Orange and Cherry Industries in New South Wales |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emissions Reduction Strategies for the Orange and Cherry Industries in New South Wales |
| title_short | Emissions Reduction Strategies for the Orange and Cherry Industries in New South Wales |
| title_sort | emissions reduction strategies for the orange and cherry industries in new south wales |
| topic | pyrolysis green nitrogen revegetation carbon neutral photovoltaic |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/18/3328 |
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