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Carbon footprint of apple and pear: orchards, storage and distribution

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dc.contributor.authorFigueiredo, Filipa
dc.contributor.authorCastanheira, Érica Geraldes
dc.contributor.authorFeliciano, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, M.A.
dc.contributor.authorPeres, António M.
dc.contributor.authorMaia, Filipe
dc.contributor.authorRamos, António
dc.contributor.authorCarneiro, João
dc.contributor.authorCoroama, Vlad C.
dc.contributor.authorFreire, Fausto
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-01T11:27:14Z
dc.date.available2014-10-01T11:27:14Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractApple and pear represent 51% of fresh fruit orchards in Portugal. This paper presents a life-cycle (LC) greenhouse gas (GHG) assessment (so-called carbon footprint) of 3 apple and 1 pear Portuguese production systems. An LC model and inventory were implemented, encompassing the farm stage (cultivation of fruit trees in orchards), storage and distribution (transport to retail). The functional unit considered in this study was 1 kg of distributed fruit (at retail). Four different LC inventories for orchards were implemented based on data collected from three farms. Inventory data from two storage companies were also gathered. The main results show that the GHG emissions of apple and pear ranged between 192 and 229 gCO2eq kgfruit-1. The GHG emissions (direct and indirect) from the cultivation phase ranged from 36% to 60% of total emissions. Fruit storage, which lasted for as much as 8-10 months, was also responsible for significant emissions due to high energy requirements.por
dc.description.sponsorshipProject ECODEEP (Eco-efficiency and Eco-management in the Agro Industrial sector, FCOMP–05–0128–FEDER–018643) and the Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation projects: MIT/SET/0014/2009, PTDC/SEN-TRA/117251/2010por
dc.identifier.citationFigueiredo, Filipa; Castanheira, Érica Geraldes; Feliciano, Manuel; Rodrigues, M.A.; Peres, António M.; Maia, Filipe; Ramos, António; Carneiro, João; Coroama, Vlad C.; Freire, Fausto (2013). Carbon footprint of apple and pear: orchards, storage and distribution. In Energy for Sustainability 2013 Sustainable Cities: Designing for People and the Planet. Coimbra. p. 1-5por
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/10666
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.relationFCOMP–05–0128–FEDER–018643
dc.relationCapturing Uncertainty in Biofuels for Transportation. Resolving Environmental Performance and Enabling Improved Use
dc.subjectApplepor
dc.subjectCarbon footprintpor
dc.subjectGreenhouse gaspor
dc.subjectLife-cycle assessmentpor
dc.subjectOrchardspor
dc.subjectPearpor
dc.titleCarbon footprint of apple and pear: orchards, storage and distributionpor
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person.familyNameFeliciano
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