Systematic analysis of secondary life cycle inventories when modelling agricultural production: A case study for arable crops.

ABSTRACT: Analysis of agricultural production with life cycle based methodologies is data demanding. To build comprehensive life cycle inventories, secondary datasets are commonly used when primary data are not available. However, different inventory data and modelling approaches are used to populate secondary datasets, leading to different results. The present study analyses the features of twelve secondary datasets to support datasets selection and proper interpretation of results. We assess twelve datasets for arable crop production in France, as modelled in three databases often used in the LCA field (Agri-footprint, ecoinvent and AGRIBALYSE). First, we compared system boundaries and general assumptions. Second, we focused on foreground systems comparing, inventory data, data sources and modelli

SUBMITTER: Corrado S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5750820 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature