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| Provedor de dados: |
Organic Eprints
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| País: |
Germany
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| Título: |
Carbon footprints of organic dairying in six European countries—real farm data analysis
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| Autores: |
Hietala, Sanna Maria
Smith, Laurence
Knudsen, Marie Trydeman
Kurpa, Sirpa
Padel, Susanne
Hermansen, John E.
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| Data: |
2015
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| Ano: |
2015
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| Palavras-chave: |
Dairy cattle
Air and water emissions
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| Resumo: |
Dairy farming is the largest agricultural contributor to greenhouse gas emissions in Europe. In this study, the carbon footprint of organic dairying was evaluated by means of a life cycle assessment, based on real farm data from six European countries: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Italy and United Kingdom. A total of 34 farms were analysed. The assessment was carried out using an attributional approach with system boundaries from cradle to farm gate. In relation to dairy production, a functional unit of 1 kg of energy corrected milk was used. The results gave an average of 1.32 kg CO2 equivalents per kilogramme of energy-corrected milk with standard deviation of 0.22, which is consistent with recent studies. The main contributor to this is enteric fermentation from producing animals, resulting in 45%of total GHG emissions,which is also consistent with previous studies.
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| Tipo: |
Journal paper
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| Identificador: |
http://orgprints.org/28882/1/Hietala%202015_A10.1007%252Fs13165-014-0084-0.pdf
Hietala, Sanna Maria; Smith, Laurence; Knudsen, Marie Trydeman; Kurpa, Sirpa; Padel, Susanne and Hermansen, John E. (2015) Carbon footprints of organic dairying in six European countries—real farm data analysis. Organic Agriculture, 5 (2), pp. 91-100.
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| Relação: |
http://orgprints.org/28882/
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application/pdf
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