Is organic farming truly sustainable? Estimating the environmental milk costs of Italian alpine dairy farms
Most studies on dairy farming’s environmental impacts have utilized Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), focusing on emissions quantification within advantaged regions. However, monetizing these emissions offers a more precise and comparable framework for evaluating different farming systems. This study aims to estimate the true costs of milk production by assessing both the economic and environmental impacts […]
Is Organic Farming Truly Sustainable? Estimating the Environmental Milk Costs of Italian Alpine Dairy Farms
Most studies on dairy farming’s environmental impacts have utilized Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), focusing on emissions quantification within advantaged regions. However, monetizing these emissions offers a more precise and comparable framework for evaluating different farming systems. This study aims to estimate the true costs of milk production by assessing both the economic and environmental impacts […]
Implementing a life cycle assessment (LCA) to evaluate organic farming weed control and fertilizers environmental implications
Organic farming is expanding globally in response to the growing need for more sustainable food production. However, assessing both direct and indirect environmental effects is essential for identifying effective practices. This paper employs a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) using a cradle-to-farm gate framework to evaluate the environmental effects of non-chemical weed control methods (row-cultivator, finger-weeding, […]
Energy inputs, outputs and greenhouse gas emissions in organic, integrated and conventional peach orchards
The study was published in “Ecological Indicators”. Energy analysis in peach orchards is useful to decide best management strategies. The objectives of this study were to evaluate (a) the energy flow among conventional, integrated and organic farming systems and (b)the effect of farming system to greenhouse gas-emissions. Sixteen farms (four conventional, nine integrated, three organic) at six […]
The energy efficiency of organic agriculture: a review
Growing populations and a constrained fossil-manufactured energy supply present a major challenge for society and there is a real need to develop forms of agriculture that are less dependent on finite energy sources. It has been suggested that organic agriculture can provide amore energy efficient approach due to its focus on sustainable production methods.This review […]
Verso una migliore rappresentazione dell'agricoltura biologica nella valutazione del “Life cycle assessment”
Un gruppo di ricercatori ha pubblicato sulla rivista Nature una ricerca sulla valutazione del ciclo di vita in relazione all’agricoltura biologica.
Confronti tra agricoltura biologica e convenzionale: è necessario migliorarli
La valutazione degli impatti ambientali dell’agricoltura e dell’alimentazione è stata ampiamente studiata ed è oggetto di accesi dibattiti.
Optimization of organic and conventional olive agricultural practices from a Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing perspectives
Olive growing is an important cultural and traditional system in the Mediterranean region that has considerable environmental impacts. Italy is ranked second in the world in terms of olive production and olive-cultivated area. Apulia is Italy’s largest olive growing region and accounts for 33% of the total Italian surface area planted to olive trees. Organic […]
