The increased environmental awareness is affecting the food supply chain since food system emissions represents a big share (from 19% to 29%) of total greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon emissions reduction target represents a global challenge gaining the headlines around the world and pushing academic scientists to discuss actively possible technical innovations, economic consequences and environmental benefits. However, carbon footprint estimates largely differ across the literature, even though they refer to the same food product, involving the same production processes. The present paper addresses explicitly the latter drawback, implementing a meta-analysis focused on fresh vegetables chain. The objective is assessing the uncertainty of "Carbon footprint" estimates, seeking a meaningful statistical description of the findings of a vast collection of studies. Our results show the large estimates variability across empirical studies and how these estimates largely depend by certain study-specific characteristics, like methodology adopted

CO2Emission in the Fresh Vegetables Chains: A meta-analysis / Cembalo, Luigi; DEL GIUDICE, Teresa; CARACCIOLO di TORCHIAROLO, Francesco. - In: CALITATEA-ACCES LA SUCCES. - ISSN 1582-2559. - 14:136(2013), pp. 96-102.

CO2Emission in the Fresh Vegetables Chains: A meta-analysis

CEMBALO, LUIGI;DEL GIUDICE, TERESA;CARACCIOLO di TORCHIAROLO, FRANCESCO
2013

Abstract

The increased environmental awareness is affecting the food supply chain since food system emissions represents a big share (from 19% to 29%) of total greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon emissions reduction target represents a global challenge gaining the headlines around the world and pushing academic scientists to discuss actively possible technical innovations, economic consequences and environmental benefits. However, carbon footprint estimates largely differ across the literature, even though they refer to the same food product, involving the same production processes. The present paper addresses explicitly the latter drawback, implementing a meta-analysis focused on fresh vegetables chain. The objective is assessing the uncertainty of "Carbon footprint" estimates, seeking a meaningful statistical description of the findings of a vast collection of studies. Our results show the large estimates variability across empirical studies and how these estimates largely depend by certain study-specific characteristics, like methodology adopted
2013
CO2Emission in the Fresh Vegetables Chains: A meta-analysis / Cembalo, Luigi; DEL GIUDICE, Teresa; CARACCIOLO di TORCHIAROLO, Francesco. - In: CALITATEA-ACCES LA SUCCES. - ISSN 1582-2559. - 14:136(2013), pp. 96-102.
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