The future of agriculture still constitutes a major challenge to the achievement of sustainable development. In the coming years farmers are required to pursue these goals with more determination and further improvements are expected in the greening process (focusing on ecological effects) and sustainability (combining both ecological, economical and social objectives). Re-engineering the production techniques and using new materials could play an important role in order to significantly improve the environmental profile of food products. These changes (incremental innovations) can make improvements to performances and characteristics of an existing product (product upgrading), but unfotunately, they have usually a higher level of costs. This study aims to develop an integrated methodology by capitalizing the complementary strengths of different methods in a system perspective, and holistic approach for innovation assessment. The framework adopts life cycle thinking method (Life Cycle Assessment) and Cost-Benefit Analysis framework. The need for integrated methodological framework for innovation assessment is due to increasingly complex environmental system problems.The framework is being applied to assessment of an incremental innovation (biodegradable mulch film) in intensive cultivation of four crops grown in cold greenhouse. The framework can highlight innovation weakness and suggest how integrate technical and economical knowledge to facilitate adoption of appropriate innovations.

Life Cycle Economic and Environmental Assessment for a Greening Agriculture / Gorgitano, MARIA TERESA; Pirilli, Maria. - In: CALITATEA-ACCES LA SUCCES. - ISSN 1582-2559. - 17:S1(2016), pp. 180-185.

Life Cycle Economic and Environmental Assessment for a Greening Agriculture

GORGITANO MARIA TERESA
Primo
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PIRILLI MARIA
2016

Abstract

The future of agriculture still constitutes a major challenge to the achievement of sustainable development. In the coming years farmers are required to pursue these goals with more determination and further improvements are expected in the greening process (focusing on ecological effects) and sustainability (combining both ecological, economical and social objectives). Re-engineering the production techniques and using new materials could play an important role in order to significantly improve the environmental profile of food products. These changes (incremental innovations) can make improvements to performances and characteristics of an existing product (product upgrading), but unfotunately, they have usually a higher level of costs. This study aims to develop an integrated methodology by capitalizing the complementary strengths of different methods in a system perspective, and holistic approach for innovation assessment. The framework adopts life cycle thinking method (Life Cycle Assessment) and Cost-Benefit Analysis framework. The need for integrated methodological framework for innovation assessment is due to increasingly complex environmental system problems.The framework is being applied to assessment of an incremental innovation (biodegradable mulch film) in intensive cultivation of four crops grown in cold greenhouse. The framework can highlight innovation weakness and suggest how integrate technical and economical knowledge to facilitate adoption of appropriate innovations.
2016
Life Cycle Economic and Environmental Assessment for a Greening Agriculture / Gorgitano, MARIA TERESA; Pirilli, Maria. - In: CALITATEA-ACCES LA SUCCES. - ISSN 1582-2559. - 17:S1(2016), pp. 180-185.
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