Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-food Sector

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Life Cycle Assessment in the agri-food sector: an overview of its key aspects, international initiatives, certification, labelling schemesand methodological issues

   • Bruno Notarnicola, Giuseppe Tassielli, Pietro A. Renzulli, Agata Lo Giudice

   Pages 1-56

3. Life Cycle Assessment in the Olive Oil Sector

   • Roberta Salomone, Giulio Mario Cappelletti, Ornella Malandrino, Marina Mistretta, Elena Neri, Giuseppe Martino Nicoletti et al.

   Pages 57-121

4. Life Cycle Assessment in the Wine Sector

   • Luigia Petti, Ioannis Arzoumanidis, Graziella Benedetto, Simona Bosco, Maurizio Cellura, Camillo De Camillis et al.

   Pages 123-184

5. Life Cycle Assessment in the Cereal and Derived Products Sector

   • Pietro A. Renzulli, Jacopo Bacenetti, Graziella Benedetto, Alessandra Fusi, Giuseppe Ioppolo, Monia Niero et al.

   Pages 185-249

6. Life Cycle Assessment in the Livestock and Derived Edible Products Sector

   • Rocco Roma, Sara Corrado, Annalisa De Boni, Maria Bonaventura Forleo, Valentina Fantin, Michele Moretti et al.

   Pages 251-332

7. Life Cycle Assessment in the Fruit Sector

   • Alessandro K. Cerutti, Gabriele L. Beccaro, Simona Bosco, Anna I. De Luca, Giacomo Falcone, Angela Fiore et al.

   Pages 333-388

8. Back Matter

   Pages 389-390

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The book presents an overview of the International practices and state-of-the-art of LCA studies in the agri-food sector, both in terms of adopted methodologies and application to particular products; the final purpose is to characterise and put order within the methodological issues connected to some important agri-food products (wine, olive oil, cereals and derived products, meat and fruit) and also defining practical guidelines for the implementation of LCAs in this particular sector. The first chapter entails an overview of the application of LCA to the food sector, the role of the different actors of the food supply chain and the methodological issues at a general level. The other chapters, each with a particular reference to the main foods of the five sectors under study, have a common structure which entails the review of LCA case studies of such agri-food products, the methodological issues, the ways with which they have been faced and the suggestion of practical guidelines.

• Cereal and derived products LCA
• Food life cycle assessment
• Livestock and derived edible products LCA
• Methodological issues of LCA in agricultural systems
• Wine, olive oil and fruit LCA
• industrial pollution prevention

“The book is well organized and full of useful information. … the editors deserve credit for developing a fairly consistent chapter format that supports the flow of the text while ensuring good coverage of the chosen themes. … This work is a welcome addition to the current literature on food life cycle assessments and sustainability.” (Mary Ann Curran, The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, Vol. 21, 2016)

• Ionian Department of Law, Economics and Environment, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

  Bruno Notarnicola, Pietro A. Renzulli

• Department SEA, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

  Roberta Salomone

• Department of Economics, University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Italy

  Luigia Petti

• Department of Agro-Environmental Science, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

  Rocco Roma

• Dept. Agricultural Sciences Forestry and Food, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy

  Alessandro K. Cerutti

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