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Environmental impacts of the beef production chain in the Northeast of Portugal using life cycle assessment

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dc.contributor.authorPresumido, Pedro Henrique
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Fernando Ruivo de
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Artur
dc.contributor.authorDal Bosco, Tatiane
dc.contributor.authorFeliciano, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2018-02-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T17:03:47Z
dc.date.available2018-01-19T10:00:00Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T17:03:47Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractThe beef supply chainh as multiple negative impacts on the environment. A method widely used to measure impacts from both the use of resources and the emissions generated by this sector is the life cycle assessment(LCA)(ISO14040). This study aimed to evaluate a semi-intensive system(SIS) and an extensive organic system(EOS),combined with two differents laughter houses located in the northeast of Portugal. The studied slaughterhouses are similar in size but differ in number of slaughters and in sources of thermal energy: natural gas (Mng) vs. biomass pellets (Mp). Four categories of environmental impact were evaluated: global warming potential (GWP), acidification potential (AP), eutrophication potential (EP), and photochemical ozone creation potential (POCP). As expected, higher impacts were found for SIS for all studied impact categories. Slaughterhouse activities, fertilizer production, and solid waste treatment stages showed little contribution when compared to animal production. Concerning the slaughterhouses activities, the main sources of environmental impact were the use of energy (electric and thermal) and by-products transportation.en_EN
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research was supported by the project ECODEEP (Eco-efficiency and Eco-management in the Agro Industrial sector, FCOMP–05–0128–FEDER–018643) and the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT, Portugal) and FEDER under Programme PT2020 for financial support to CIMO (UID/AGR/00690/2013).
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dc.identifier.citationPresumido, Pedro Henrique; Sousa, Fernando Ruivo de; Gonçalves, Artur; Dal Bosco, Tatiane; Feliciano, Manuel (2018). Environmental impacts of the beef production chain in the Northeast of Portugal using life cycle assessment. Agriculture (Switzerland). ISSN 2077-0472. 8:10en_EN
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture8100165en_EN
dc.identifier.issn2077-0472
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/18686
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyesen_EN
dc.subjectAnimal production systemsen_EN
dc.subjectEnvironmental footprinten_EN
dc.subjectLCAen_EN
dc.subjectSlaughterhousesen_EN
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_EN
dc.titleEnvironmental impacts of the beef production chain in the Northeast of Portugal using life cycle assessmenten_EN
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