The environmental impacts of strawberries have been assessed in several studies.
However, these studies either present dissimilar results or only focus on single impact …

Fruits are indispensable for a balanced and healthy diet. However, their environmental
impacts remain largely unknown. Using a life cycle approach, this work estimates for the first …

Purpose Bananas are one of the highest selling fruits worldwide, and for several countries,
bananas are an important export commodity. However, very little is known about banana's …

Purpose Using plastic for strawberry cultivation (so-called plasticulture) is widespread to
extend cultivation, reduce weed stress and water and nutrient demand, and protect plants …

Global climate change problem can be linked to production efficiency and everyday
consumption patterns by calculating the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from each …

Purpose Strawberry is cultivated worldwide under different production systems. The Life
Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology has been applied to evaluate the environmental …

Purpose We evaluated the environmental impacts of the peach transportation process using
life cycle assessment with the damage area ratio as an indicator to assess both food loss …

Horticulture is essential in the European agricultural sector and fundamental for many EU
member states. Decision Support Systems and Tools can play an essential role in a shift to …

This study aimed to assess Japan's recent “local production for local consumption”(LPLC)
movement, with a special focus on vegetables in the Osaka city region of central Japan. After …

Fruit products are generally considered to be some of the less environmentally damaging
foods in occidental diets. In fact studies investigating the carbon footprint of different food …