Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Circular Agriculture: A Case Study in Fuqing, China
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26210%2F18%3APU129874" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26210/18:PU129874 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10061810" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10061810</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10061810" target="_blank" >10.3390/su10061810</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Life Cycle Environmental Impact Assessment of Circular Agriculture: A Case Study in Fuqing, China
Original language description
The process for reasonably evaluating the potential impacts of circular agriculture on the environment has become a key issue in the sustainable development of circular agriculture. Based on this consideration, by using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and focusing on the circular agriculture industry company of Xingyuan, Fuqing, this paper evaluates the potential impacts of the pig farming industry-dragon fruit planting-forage planting-fishery industry-mushroom planting-biogas generating-organic fertilizer production circular agriculture model compared to a main agriculture industrial model, the pig farming industry, from environmental and environmental-economic perspectives. Moreover, this paper determines key elements that restrict the development of circular agriculture through a sensitivity analysis. The results show that if we simply consider the potential environmental impacts, circular agriculture does not produce better results than those of the main agricultural production model. In addition, if we consider reducing the potential environmental impact as well as improving the economic benefits from the perspective of a "reduction ring", we should consider removing mushroom planting and organic fertilizer from the circular agriculture framework. Moreover, if we want to reduce the potential environmental impact without changing the current recycling model, we should focus on the premix components, especially the three main components of corn, soybean meal, and whey protein concentrate.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20402 - Chemical process engineering
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/EF15_003%2F0000456" target="_blank" >EF15_003/0000456: Sustainable Process Integration Laboratory (SPIL)</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Sustainability
ISSN
2071-1050
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
1810-1818
UT code for WoS article
000436570100122
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85047822746