A review of life cycle assessment: agroproducts modeling

Life Cycle Assessment is a trendsetter methodology in order to assess environmental and social impacts associated to an entire productive cycle in a vision “Cradle to Grave” or in a new one “Cradle to Cradle”, taking in count every single component of these impacts or almost all. In particular, agro...

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Main Authors: Lenin Ramirez-Cando, Paolo Spugnoli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Politécnica Salesiana 2016-10-01
Series:La Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida
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Online Access:https://revistas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/granja/article/view/545
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description Life Cycle Assessment is a trendsetter methodology in order to assess environmental and social impacts associated to an entire productive cycle in a vision “Cradle to Grave” or in a new one “Cradle to Cradle”, taking in count every single component of these impacts or almost all. In particular, agroproductive chains have unique components and considerations, which need to be counted in the assessment process.  These have been commented in the text and some calculation considerations were explained.
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spelling doaj.art-8418af9398434d55847ba73305c045df2022-12-22T00:12:59ZengUniversidad Politécnica SalesianaLa Granja: Revista de Ciencias de la Vida1390-37991390-85962016-10-0124210.17163/lgr.n24.2016.01A review of life cycle assessment: agroproducts modelingLenin Ramirez-Cando0Paolo Spugnoli1Universidad Politécnica SalesianaDipartimento de Gestione di Gestione Sostenibile dei Sistemi Agrari, Alimentari e Forestale (GESAAF)- Universitá Degli Studi di Firenze, Via S. Bonaventura, 13 - 50145 Firenze, ItaliaLife Cycle Assessment is a trendsetter methodology in order to assess environmental and social impacts associated to an entire productive cycle in a vision “Cradle to Grave” or in a new one “Cradle to Cradle”, taking in count every single component of these impacts or almost all. In particular, agroproductive chains have unique components and considerations, which need to be counted in the assessment process.  These have been commented in the text and some calculation considerations were explained.https://revistas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/granja/article/view/545LCAagroprodutionsocial impactsenvironmental impacts
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social impacts
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title A review of life cycle assessment: agroproducts modeling
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agroprodution
social impacts
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