Implementation of sustainable practices to ornamental plant cultivation worldwide: A critical review

AI Darras - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
Ornamental production worldwide has changed dramatically in the past 20 years. A
globalized scene has shifted production to new countries from Africa, Asia, and South …

Life cycle environmental impacts of cut flowers: A review

YC Lan, VWY Tam, W Xing, R Datt, Z Chan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
There have been many researchers investigating the strategies to optimize the quality and
yield of the flower. However, only a small number is concerned with the environmental …

Food labeling and eco-friendly consumption: Experimental evidence from a Belgian supermarket

P Vlaeminck, T Jiang, L Vranken - Ecological Economics, 2014 - Elsevier
Using an incentive-compatible framed field experiment, we investigate whether consumers'
food consumption is more eco-friendly when the information about a product's …

[HTML][HTML] Towards delivering on the sustainable development goals in greenhouse production systems

D Zhou, H Meinke, M Wilson, LFM Marcelis… - Resources …, 2021 - Elsevier
This review evaluates the sustainability of tomato production in four greenhouse systems:
high-tech (The Netherlands) and low-tech (Spain) combined with two ways of cultivation …

Impacts of home cooking methods and appliances on the GHG emissions of food

A Frankowska, XS Rivera, S Bridle, AMRG Kluczkovski… - Nature Food, 2020 - nature.com
Food is widely acknowledged as a major contributor to climate change but estimates of food-
related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions frequently consider supply chain stages only up to …

Carbon footprint reduction by transitioning to a diet consistent with the Danish climate-friendly dietary guidelines: a comparison of different carbon footprint databases

E Trolle, M Nordman, AD Lassen, TA Colley… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Dietary transitions are important for combating many of the environmental challenges
humanity is facing today and reducing the global burden of disease. Different dietary …

Green House Gases (GHG) emissions from the ornamental plant nursery industry: a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach in a nursery district in central Italy

G Lazzerini, S Lucchetti, FP Nicese - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
The ornamental plant nursery industry is the most important economic resource of Pistoia, a
city situated in Tuscany in the center-north of Italy. The production of plants offers many …

Nursery plant production models under quarantine pests' outbreak: Assessing the environmental implications and economic viability

M Frem, V Fucilli, A Petrontino, C Acciani, R Bianchi… - Agronomy, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Apulia (southern Italy) ornamental sector has been facing regulatory obligations and
trade limitations due to a Xylella fastidiosa (Xf) outbreak since 2013. Alternative options to …

Sustainability challenges and innovations in the value chain of flowering potted plants for the German market

N Havardi-Burger, H Mempel, V Bitsch - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study investigated the sustainability challenges and the adoption of sustainability
innovations along the value chain of flowering potted plants supplying the German market …

Influence of allocation methods on the LC-CO2 emission of an agrivoltaic system

A Leon, KN Ishihara - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2018 - Elsevier
Agrivoltaic systems are multi-output systems where both solar power and crops are
produced on the same land. Unlike other land-based photovoltaics (PV), the agrivoltaic PV …