Life Cycle Assessment of agri-food systems An operational guide dedicated to emerging and developing economies Coll. Savoir faire
Auteurs : Basset-Mens Claudine, Avadí Angel, Bessou Cécile, Acosta-Alba Ivonne, Biard Yannick, Payen Sandra
Preface
Part 1. Introduction
Chapter 1. LCA within
developing and emerging economies
Land tenure issues
Environmental
vs. economic development concerns
Most developing and emerging
countries are located in the tropical zone
Inadequate input issues
Research
and development priorities and capacities
Chapter 2. The purpose
of this operational guide
Chapter 3. Standards, guidelines and tools
Chapter
4. Preparation process and intended audience
Part 2.
Agri-food LCA in developing and emerging contexts
Chapter 5. State of
the art of agri-food LCA
Chapter 6. Specific challenges for
agri-food LCA in developing and emerging contexts
Diversity of
agri-food systems due to specific natural conditions and combined
socio-economic constraints
Data gaps on the systems to be
characterized
Varying awareness and capacities of stakeholders
Chapter
7. Established and emerging initiatives
Part 3. Overcoming the challenges for robust agri-food LCA in developing
and emerging economies
Chapter 8. Co-designing the study with
stakeholders
Overview of the approach
Critical analysis of the
demand, constraints and avoidance strategies
The community of the
study
Working as a team in the field
Management of ethics and
rights for stakeholders
System boundaries, typologies and sampling
strategies
Chapter 9. Building life cycle inventories
Foreground
data collection
Direct field emissions
Background data collection
Quality
management and critical review (CR)
Chapter 10. Performing impact
assessment
Overview of available and recommended sets of LCIA
methods
Impact categories
Chapter 11. Interpreting the results
for each stakeholder category
Accounting for uncertainty in LCA
studies
Comparing results with previous studies
Sharing and
communicating results to support decisions
Part 4. Conclusions and moving forward
Part 5. Appendices
Appendix A. Guidelines / ISO
Norms: a brief overview
ISO, 2006. ISO - 14040:2006 -
Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Principles and
framework, Environmental Management
ISO, 2006. ISO - 14044:2006 -
Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and
guidelines. Geneva
Appendix B. Commonly used direct field emission
models
Appendix C. LCA resources
Networks and platforms
Databases
and software
Research and universities
Appendix D. Data
collection and confidentiality: check list and points of vigilance
Data
collection and confidentiality
Points of vigilance
Tools and best
practices for data management
Appendix E. Recommendations for
designing a sampling protocol according to PAS 2050-1
Appendix F.
Best practices for agri-food LCAs at the system level
Appendix G.
Free tools to model field emissions for LCI
Emission models online
GHG
calculators
Appendix H. Detailed guidance on impact categories
Global
Warming or Climate Change impact
Soil quality impact
Human
toxicity and ecotoxicity
Biodiversity due to LULUC
Water scarcity
footprint
Appendix I. LCIA methods recommended by the Life
Cycle Initiative and EF 3.0
Appendix J. Detailed guidance on the use
of the qualitative assessment of data in LCA according to the European
PEFCR Guidance (EC 2018)
Qualitative diagnosis
Uncertainty
approximation
Appendix K. How to display LCA results while
avoiding bias due to visualization choices?
Refer to “useful ink”
concept
Which type of graph is the most effective for most LCIA
results? (histograms)
References
Agronomist and LCA scientist, she has been working at Cirad since 2010. She has been involved in applying and adapting the LCA framework to various agrifood chains with a specific focus on perennial cropping systems in tropical countries. Her main research interests relate to the modelling of field emissions related to carbon and nitrogen cycling within agroeocological systems and the accounting for impacts on soil quality within LCA
Environmental assessment expert at CIRAD since 2015, has been involved in many studies applying LCA to agri-food production systems, especially in Latin America and Africa. His main research interests include the development of adapted models for direct field emissions, soil carbon sequestration and terrestrial ecotoxicity. One of his main drivers is to advance the agroecological transition of vegetable production in periurban areas of developing countries.
Agronomist and LCA scientist since early 2000s. She has been involved in applying and adapting the LCA framework to agrifood chains (animal and crop production) in a wide range of situations and countries (France, New Zealand, Caribbean islands, Africa, Asia). Her main research interests relate to the inclusion of agricultural systems dive
Date de parution : 12-2021