Life Cycle Assessment on Agricultural Production: A Mini Review on Methodology, Application, and Challenges
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
3. Overview of Agricultural LCA Methodology
3.1. Goal Definition and Scoping
3.2. Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Analysis
3.3. Environmental Impact Assessment
3.4. Interpretation
4. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Index System of Agricultural LCA
4.1. Considering Biodiversity in Agricultural LCA Index System
4.2. Considering the Effect of Land Use and Land Use Change (LULUC) in Agricultural LCA
4.3. Considering the Ecosystem Service (ES) in Agricultural LCA
5. Current Progress of LCA in Different Agricultural Systems
5.1. Application of LCA in Intensive Agriculture
5.2. Application of LCA in Organic Agriculture
6. Integrated Application of LCA and Other Models
6.1. Integration of Agricultural LCA and Agent Based Modeling (ABM)
6.2. Integration of Agricultural LCA and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
6.3. Complementary Applications of LCA with Other Models
7. Prospect and Challenges of Agricultural LCA
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Fan, J.; Liu, C.; Xie, J.; Han, L.; Zhang, C.; Guo, D.; Niu, J.; Jin, H.; McConkey, B.G. Life Cycle Assessment on Agricultural Production: A Mini Review on Methodology, Application, and Challenges. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 9817. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169817
Fan J, Liu C, Xie J, Han L, Zhang C, Guo D, Niu J, Jin H, McConkey BG. Life Cycle Assessment on Agricultural Production: A Mini Review on Methodology, Application, and Challenges. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(16):9817. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169817
Chicago/Turabian StyleFan, Jianling, Cuiying Liu, Jianan Xie, Lu Han, Chuanhong Zhang, Dengwei Guo, Junzhao Niu, Hao Jin, and Brian G. McConkey. 2022. "Life Cycle Assessment on Agricultural Production: A Mini Review on Methodology, Application, and Challenges" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 16: 9817. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19169817