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Resumo:Beef production has been identified as an important source of environmental impacts. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been applied worldwide to identify key processes/phases for environmental improvement in beef production. In this study, LCA is used to assess the environmental impacts of beef produced in two different production systems, namely extensive and intensive fattening. A “cradle-to-gate” approach is adopted and the functional unit is 1 kg of beef carcass weight at the farm gate. The results show that the environmental “hot spots” are related with feed production and on-farm related emissions in both systems. The results also suggest that the use of extensive production during the fattening stage has lower environmental impacts per kg of carcass. The largest differences between the two systems were found in marine eutrophication category.
Autores principais:Belo, Sara
Outros Autores:Dias, Ana Cláudia; Feliciano, Manuel; Sousa, Fernando Ruivo de; Almeida, José Carlos; Trindade, Henrique; Arroja, Luís
Assunto:Beef Life cycle assessment Extensive production Intensive production Fattening
Ano:2015
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:comunicação em conferência
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Biblioteca Digital do IPB
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Feliciano, Manuel
Sousa, Fernando Ruivo de
Almeida, José Carlos
Trindade, Henrique
Arroja, Luís
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spellingShingle Evaluating the environmental impact of two beef production systems using life cycle assessment
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Life cycle assessment
Extensive production
Intensive production
Fattening
status SINGLETON
subject.fl_str_mv Beef
Life cycle assessment
Extensive production
Intensive production
Fattening
title Evaluating the environmental impact of two beef production systems using life cycle assessment
title_full Evaluating the environmental impact of two beef production systems using life cycle assessment
title_fullStr Evaluating the environmental impact of two beef production systems using life cycle assessment
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating the environmental impact of two beef production systems using life cycle assessment
title_short Evaluating the environmental impact of two beef production systems using life cycle assessment
title_sort Evaluating the environmental impact of two beef production systems using life cycle assessment
topic Beef
Life cycle assessment
Extensive production
Intensive production
Fattening
topic_facet Beef
Life cycle assessment
Extensive production
Intensive production
Fattening
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