Life Cycle Assessment of an Avocado: Grown in South Africa-Enjoyed in Europe.

ABSTRACT: Food production is known to have significant environmental impacts, with the main contributors residing in the farming and transportation life cycle phases. Of the various food products transported around the world, avocados have increasingly gained attention as a high-commodity superfood. Avocados require specific climatic and agricultural conditions for farming, with the most fertile land and conditions located outside Europe. Consequently, most avocados consumed in Europe are imported over vast geographical distances, with little information available to quantify the environmental impacts of this imported superfood. This paper aims to present the most detailed life cycle assessment results of an avocado cultivated, grown and harvested in the Limpopo Province of South Africa and exported

SUBMITTER: Blaauw SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11438827 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature