Environmental sustainability of agri-food supply chains: An LCA comparison between two alternative forms of production and distribution of endive in northern Italy
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- 作者：Andrea Luca Tasca andrea.tasca@mail.polimi.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Simone Nessi ; simone.nessi@polimi.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Lucia Rigamonti lucia.rigamonti@polimi.it" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author
- 关键词：Life cycle assessment (LCA) ; Organic farming ; Integrated production ; Short supply chain ; Packaging reduction ; Local food
- 刊名：Journal of Cleaner Production
- 出版年：2017
- 出版时间：1 January 2017
- 年：2017
- 卷：140
- 期：part_P2
- 页码：725-741
- 全文大小：3823 K
文摘
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Organic and integrated production of endive are compared through LCA.
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Direct distribution at local level and large-scale retailing are also compared.
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No farming technique is absolutely more sustainable.
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Organic farming needs to be improved in a number of areas.
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Direct delivery of raw salad is preferable to large-scale retailing of ready-to-use salad.