Scientific Challenges in Performing Life-Cycle Assessment in the Food Supply Chain

2019
Authors
Djekić, Ilija
Pojić, Milica
Tonda, Alberto
Putnik, Predrag

Bursać-Kovačević, Danijela
Rezek-Jambrak, Anet
Tomašević, Igor

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This paper gives an overview of scientific challenges that occur when performing life-cycle assessment (LCA) in the food supply chain. In order to evaluate these risks, the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis tool has been used. Challenges related to setting the goal and scope of LCA revealed four hot spots: system boundaries of LCA; used functional units; type and quality of data categories, and main assumptions and limitations of the study. Within the inventory analysis, challenging issues are associated with allocation of material and energy flows and waste streams released to the environment. Impact assessment brings uncertainties in choosing appropriate environmental impacts. Finally, in order to interpret results, a scientifically sound sensitivity analysis should be performed to check how stable calculations and results are. Identified challenges pave the way for improving LCA of food supply chains in order to enable comparison of results.
Keywords:
life-cycle assessment / food supply chain / system boundaries / functional units / sensitivitySource:
Foods, 2019, 8, 8Publisher:
- MDPI, BASEL
Funding / projects:
- COST ActionEuropean Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) [CA15118]
DOI: 10.3390/foods8080301
ISSN: 2304-8158
PubMed: 31374833
WoS: 000482954400053
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85070696601
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Poljoprivredni fakultetTY - JOUR AU - Djekić, Ilija AU - Pojić, Milica AU - Tonda, Alberto AU - Putnik, Predrag AU - Bursać-Kovačević, Danijela AU - Rezek-Jambrak, Anet AU - Tomašević, Igor PY - 2019 UR - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4919 AB - This paper gives an overview of scientific challenges that occur when performing life-cycle assessment (LCA) in the food supply chain. In order to evaluate these risks, the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis tool has been used. Challenges related to setting the goal and scope of LCA revealed four hot spots: system boundaries of LCA; used functional units; type and quality of data categories, and main assumptions and limitations of the study. Within the inventory analysis, challenging issues are associated with allocation of material and energy flows and waste streams released to the environment. Impact assessment brings uncertainties in choosing appropriate environmental impacts. Finally, in order to interpret results, a scientifically sound sensitivity analysis should be performed to check how stable calculations and results are. Identified challenges pave the way for improving LCA of food supply chains in order to enable comparison of results. PB - MDPI, BASEL T2 - Foods T1 - Scientific Challenges in Performing Life-Cycle Assessment in the Food Supply Chain IS - 8 VL - 8 DO - 10.3390/foods8080301 ER -
@article{ author = "Djekić, Ilija and Pojić, Milica and Tonda, Alberto and Putnik, Predrag and Bursać-Kovačević, Danijela and Rezek-Jambrak, Anet and Tomašević, Igor", year = "2019", abstract = "This paper gives an overview of scientific challenges that occur when performing life-cycle assessment (LCA) in the food supply chain. In order to evaluate these risks, the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis tool has been used. Challenges related to setting the goal and scope of LCA revealed four hot spots: system boundaries of LCA; used functional units; type and quality of data categories, and main assumptions and limitations of the study. Within the inventory analysis, challenging issues are associated with allocation of material and energy flows and waste streams released to the environment. Impact assessment brings uncertainties in choosing appropriate environmental impacts. Finally, in order to interpret results, a scientifically sound sensitivity analysis should be performed to check how stable calculations and results are. Identified challenges pave the way for improving LCA of food supply chains in order to enable comparison of results.", publisher = "MDPI, BASEL", journal = "Foods", title = "Scientific Challenges in Performing Life-Cycle Assessment in the Food Supply Chain", number = "8", volume = "8", doi = "10.3390/foods8080301" }
Djekić, I., Pojić, M., Tonda, A., Putnik, P., Bursać-Kovačević, D., Rezek-Jambrak, A.,& Tomašević, I.. (2019). Scientific Challenges in Performing Life-Cycle Assessment in the Food Supply Chain. in Foods MDPI, BASEL., 8(8). https://doi.org/10.3390/foods8080301
Djekić I, Pojić M, Tonda A, Putnik P, Bursać-Kovačević D, Rezek-Jambrak A, Tomašević I. Scientific Challenges in Performing Life-Cycle Assessment in the Food Supply Chain. in Foods. 2019;8(8). doi:10.3390/foods8080301 .
Djekić, Ilija, Pojić, Milica, Tonda, Alberto, Putnik, Predrag, Bursać-Kovačević, Danijela, Rezek-Jambrak, Anet, Tomašević, Igor, "Scientific Challenges in Performing Life-Cycle Assessment in the Food Supply Chain" in Foods, 8, no. 8 (2019), https://doi.org/10.3390/foods8080301 . .