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Agricultural data for life cycle assessments

Including the Proceedings of The Second European Invitational Expert Seminar on Life Cycle Assessments of Food Products 25th to 26th January 1999

By B.P. Weidema & M.J.G. Meeusen

Financially supported by

LCANET Food, European Network for Life Cycle Assessment Research and Development within the food chain, Concerted action PL-97-3079 of the Food and Agriculture programme (FAIR).

The book can be ordered from LEI. Price: NLG 120. Please order: Report 2.00.01. ISBN 90-5242-563-9.

You may download the Preface, Introduction, Conclusions (chapter 30) and the conclusions of the 4 working groups in Word 97 format as one zipped file here.

Contents

Preface

Introduction

A. Datamanagement for life cycle assessment

  1. Linking data sources and models at the levels of processes, farm types, and regions. N. Halberg, I. S. Kristensen & T. Dalgaard.
  2. The SPOLD data exchange format. B.P. Weidema.
  3. Systematic procedures for calculating agricultural performance data for comparing systems. E. Audsley.

B. Data on energy use and fuel emissions

  1. Energy consumption: Overview of data foundation and extract of results. V. Nielsen & T. Luoma.
  2. Energy consumption in agricultural mechanisation. O.W.C. Vitlox & B. Michot.
  3. Direct and indirect energy use in arable farming - an example on winter wheat in Northern Germany. J. Moerschner & B. Gerowitt.
  4. Conclusions: Data on energy use and fuel emissions in agriculture. P. Cortijo.

C. Data on the nitrogen cycle

  1. Key factors necessary to determine the impact on the nitrogen cycle and the resulting environmental effects as part of LCA for agricultural products. J.-W. Erisman.
  2. Nitrogen in arable farming. J. Webb, S. Ellis, R. Harrison, T.W.D. Garwood & B.J. Chambers.
  3. Methods to estimate potential N emissions related to crop production. F. Brentrup & J. Küsters.
  4. Scaling up of milk production data from field plot to regional farm level. R. Loges, M. Wachendorf & F. Taube.
  5. Interrelationships between nitrogen balances and technical and structural characteristics of dairy farms in Northern Italy. K. de Roest.
  6. N losses in Swedish agriculture and examples from milk production. C. Cederberg.
  7. Conclusions of the working group on the nitrogen cycle. D. Ceuterick & B.P. Weidema.

D. Data on the other substance cycles

  1. The role of the soil in phosphorous cycling. W.J. Chardon.
  2. Cycling and sources of phosphorous in agricultural systems and to the wider environment. P.J.A. Withers.
  3. Flows of phosphorous in the environment: Identifying pathways of loss from agricultural land. A.-L. Heathwaite.
  4. Soil and crop characteristics in relation to heavy metal cycling. J. Japenga & P.F.A.M. Römkens.
  5. Modelling of nutrient losses to waters and the atmosphere for different farm types. J.T. Grönroos & S. Rekolainen.
  6. Conclusions of the working group on non-nitrogenous substances. S.J. Cowell.

E. Data on other environmental aspects

  1. Introduction B.P.Weidema.
  2. Estimating pesticide emissions for LCA of agricultural products. M. Hauschild.
  3. Impacts on ecosystems due to land use: Biodiversity, life support, and soil quality in LCA. S. J. Cowell & E. Lindeijer.
  4. Occupational health data in agriculture. P. Lundqvist.

F. Farm typologies and farm accountancy data for LCA

  1. Farm types - How can they be used to structure, model, and generalise farm data? T. Dalgaard.
  2. Using a Farm Accountancy Data Network in data management for LCA. K. Poppe & M.J.G. Meeusen.
  3. Use of farm accountancy data for monitoring energy consumption in agriculture. D. Van Lierde.
  4. Development of a new management tool by combining LCA and Farm Accountancy Data Network. S. Pfefferli & G. Gaillard.
  5. Conclusions of the working group on farm typologies E. Lindeijer & B. P. Weidema.

Conclusion