Estimation of heavy metals emissions in agricultural productions: The case of Italian products
The agri-food sector is more complex than the industrial sector due to different climatic, geomorphologic and cultivation practice factors. Agriculture operations can significantly affect phenomena, such as erosion and leaching, and generate different types of emissions into the environment. These a...
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| author | Bruno Notarnicola Francesco Astuto Rosa Di Capua Teresa Maria Gulotta Giovanni Mondello Giuseppe Saija Ioannis Arzoumanidis Manuela D'Eusanio Luigia Petti Giacomo Falcone Antonio Fazari Alfio Strano |
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| description | The agri-food sector is more complex than the industrial sector due to different climatic, geomorphologic and cultivation practice factors. Agriculture operations can significantly affect phenomena, such as erosion and leaching, and generate different types of emissions into the environment. These aspects should be considered when performing a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on agri-food products, mainly because these elements are influenced by both natural and human factors that generate negative health and ecotoxicological impacts. The “Swiss Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment - heavy metals (SALCA-HM)” allows for calculating heavy metal emissions at the life cycle inventory level as part of LCA at a regional level. This study aims to customise the SALCA-HM for five Italian agricultural products (i.e., durum and common wheat, grapes, olives, and citrus fruits), using region- and crop-specific data. The results showed that, even though all the factors relating to cultivation techniques are constant, the use of site-specific data makes it possible to highlight the influence of the orographic characteristics of the territory. Therefore, the high variability of the results can be perceived as a strength of this regionalised approach, thus overcoming several limitations by using national average data instead. More effort is needed to enable greater data availability both for policy and the scientific community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c82cc4b992314e7890874a9530f300d22023-06-15T04:57:25ZengElsevierCleaner Environmental Systems2666-78942023-06-019100122Estimation of heavy metals emissions in agricultural productions: The case of Italian productsBruno Notarnicola0Francesco Astuto1Rosa Di Capua2Teresa Maria Gulotta3Giovanni Mondello4Giuseppe Saija5Ioannis Arzoumanidis6Manuela D'Eusanio7Luigia Petti8Giacomo Falcone9Antonio Fazari10Alfio Strano11Ionian Department of Law, Economics and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Lago Maggiore angolo via Ancona, 74121, Taranto, Italy; Corresponding author.Ionian Department of Law, Economics and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Lago Maggiore angolo via Ancona, 74121, Taranto, ItalyIonian Department of Law, Economics and Environment, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Via Lago Maggiore angolo via Ancona, 74121, Taranto, ItalyDepartment of Economics, Sustainability Lab, University of Messina, Via dei Verdi, 75, Messina, ItalyDepartment of Economics, Sustainability Lab, University of Messina, Via dei Verdi, 75, Messina, ItalyDepartment of Economics, Sustainability Lab, University of Messina, Via dei Verdi, 75, Messina, ItalyDepartment of Economic Studies, “G.d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Viale Pindaro, 42 - 65127, Pescara, ItalyDepartment of Economic Studies, “G.d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Viale Pindaro, 42 - 65127, Pescara, ItalyDepartment of Economic Studies, “G.d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara, Viale Pindaro, 42 - 65127, Pescara, ItalyUniversity Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria – Agriculture Department, 89122, Reggio Calabria, ItalyUniversity Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria – Agriculture Department, 89122, Reggio Calabria, ItalyUniversity Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria – Agriculture Department, 89122, Reggio Calabria, ItalyThe agri-food sector is more complex than the industrial sector due to different climatic, geomorphologic and cultivation practice factors. Agriculture operations can significantly affect phenomena, such as erosion and leaching, and generate different types of emissions into the environment. These aspects should be considered when performing a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study on agri-food products, mainly because these elements are influenced by both natural and human factors that generate negative health and ecotoxicological impacts. The “Swiss Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment - heavy metals (SALCA-HM)” allows for calculating heavy metal emissions at the life cycle inventory level as part of LCA at a regional level. This study aims to customise the SALCA-HM for five Italian agricultural products (i.e., durum and common wheat, grapes, olives, and citrus fruits), using region- and crop-specific data. The results showed that, even though all the factors relating to cultivation techniques are constant, the use of site-specific data makes it possible to highlight the influence of the orographic characteristics of the territory. Therefore, the high variability of the results can be perceived as a strength of this regionalised approach, thus overcoming several limitations by using national average data instead. More effort is needed to enable greater data availability both for policy and the scientific community.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789423000168Heavy metal flowsAgricultural productsLife cycle assessmentLCI databaseSALCA |
| spellingShingle | Bruno Notarnicola Francesco Astuto Rosa Di Capua Teresa Maria Gulotta Giovanni Mondello Giuseppe Saija Ioannis Arzoumanidis Manuela D'Eusanio Luigia Petti Giacomo Falcone Antonio Fazari Alfio Strano Estimation of heavy metals emissions in agricultural productions: The case of Italian products Cleaner Environmental Systems Heavy metal flows Agricultural products Life cycle assessment LCI database SALCA |
| title | Estimation of heavy metals emissions in agricultural productions: The case of Italian products |
| title_full | Estimation of heavy metals emissions in agricultural productions: The case of Italian products |
| title_fullStr | Estimation of heavy metals emissions in agricultural productions: The case of Italian products |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimation of heavy metals emissions in agricultural productions: The case of Italian products |
| title_short | Estimation of heavy metals emissions in agricultural productions: The case of Italian products |
| title_sort | estimation of heavy metals emissions in agricultural productions the case of italian products |
| topic | Heavy metal flows Agricultural products Life cycle assessment LCI database SALCA |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666789423000168 |
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