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Modeling Crop Rotations and Co-Products in Agricultural Life Cycle Assessments
Description
 | Author(s) | Gerhard Brankatschk |
 | Year | 2019 |
 | Pages | 209 |
 | Language | English |
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 | Size | 4.5 MB |
 | Publisher | Springer Vieweg |
 | ISBN | 365823587X, 978-3658235871 |
Gerhard Brankatschk provides solutions for methodological limitations of agricultural Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs). The author solves challenges of attributing multifunctionality (co-products) and temporal system boundaries (crop rotations) of agricultural systems by establishing two new Life Cycle Inventory methodologies, which conform to ISO-standards on LCA. The new methods help to assess temporal, spatial, and multifunctional complexity of agricultural systems and to improve the reliability of life cycle based sustainability assessments of agriculture.
