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Mapping the path to a decarbonised agri-food products : A hybrid geographic information system and life cycle inventory methodology for assessing sustainable agriculture

Martindale, Wayne ; Saeidan, Ali ; Tahernezhadjavazm, Fred ; Hollands, Tom Æ ; Duong, Linh and Jagtap, Sandeep LU orcid (2024) In International Journal of Food Science & Technology
Abstract
The development of a decarbonised food industry will depend on a sustainable agricultural system where embodied food product greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) can be associated with agricultural production. The results presented demonstrate how physically mapping agri-production provides regional carbon footprints so practice that reduces GHG emissions become strategic rather than random. Different agronomic and husbandry outcomes are mapped using Geographic Information Systems (GIS’s) and carbon footprints are calculated using Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) libraries. The hybridised GIS-LCI approach reports unique insights for decarbonisation, demonstrating how sustainably intensive and regenerative farming practices can be further integrated to... (More)
The development of a decarbonised food industry will depend on a sustainable agricultural system where embodied food product greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) can be associated with agricultural production. The results presented demonstrate how physically mapping agri-production provides regional carbon footprints so practice that reduces GHG emissions become strategic rather than random. Different agronomic and husbandry outcomes are mapped using Geographic Information Systems (GIS’s) and carbon footprints are calculated using Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) libraries. The hybridised GIS-LCI approach reports unique insights for decarbonisation, demonstrating how sustainably intensive and regenerative farming practices can be further integrated to best deliver food security. We use this GIS-LCI method to show; (1), how geography limits crop production; (2), how food system data integrates with geographic complexity where there are different product outcomes such as in dairy and beef systems; and, (3), how GIS can be used to provide incisive food policy for sustainability. (Less)
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10.1111/ijfs.17340
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  author       = {{Martindale, Wayne and Saeidan, Ali and Tahernezhadjavazm, Fred and Hollands, Tom Æ and Duong, Linh and Jagtap, Sandeep}},
  issn         = {{0950-5423}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Food Science & Technology}},
  title        = {{Mapping the path to a decarbonised agri-food products : A hybrid geographic information system and life cycle inventory methodology for assessing sustainable agriculture}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.17340}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/ijfs.17340}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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