Environmental assessment of tropical perennial crops: the case of the Brazilian cashew

Figueiredo, M. de L. C.; Potting, José; Serrano, L. A. L.; Bezerra, Marlos Alves; Barros, Viviane da Silva; Gondim, Rubens Sonsol; Nemecek, Thomas

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.134

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“…We attributed all impacts to nut kernels rather than allocating a partial burden to co-products such as hulls and woody biomass. The allocation of co-products can impact the overall environmental footprint of nut products (Brito de Figueirêdo et al 2016), as co-products can be used in electricity production (Marvinney and Kendall 2021) or industrial applications (Lin et al 2013;Rojas-Bringas et al 2021). Applying economic allocation for co-products would decrease the relative environmental burden of nut kernels, especially for nuts with lower economic value relative to co-products.…”

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Environmental, nutritional and social assessment of nuts

2022

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Nuts are considered an important protein source in sustainable dietary patterns but are seldom studied in detail. Here a multi-criteria decision analysis was used to rank 10 nuts and seeds against 11 environmental, nutritional, and social criteria and provide greater insight into the sustainability impacts of this food group. Weights were defined based on correlation and variance between indicator values, and values were aggregated with a partially non-compensatory method. Several sensitivity analyses tested various sources of uncertainty through the use of country-level data, the use of a fully compensatory aggregation method, and changes to criteria weights. Walnuts and sunflower seeds performed consistently well across sustainability criteria and were ranked in the top two positions in the baseline assessment and most sensitivity analyses. In contrast, cashews performed relatively poorly across most criteria, and were ranked last. Dietary shifts in favor of more sustainable nuts can improve the overall environmental, nutritional and social impacts of nut production and consumption by an average of 23%. Although increasing consumption of walnuts and sunflower seeds may lead to improved sustainability outcomes for total global nut consumption, more research is needed to deepen the understanding of the complex socio-economic factors impacting nut and seed sustainability. The social risk assessment method used in this study can also inform future social impact measurement methods for other food groups.

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2022

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“…The use of proper packaging materials for RCNs helps in minimizing PHL and prolong the storage period without infestation or damage (Lamboni et al 2016;de Figueirêdo et al 2016). Generally, the use of plastics, buckets, boxes, or fertilizer sacks are inappropriate for packaging RCNs, and it is a key factor contributing significantly to PHL in the sector (hasith Priyashantha et al 2020).…”

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Assessing drivers of post-harvest losses: tangible and intangible resources’ perspective

Faibil

Agyemang

Amponsah

et al. 2021

Environ Dev Sustain

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Many stakeholders in agro-food industry are concerned about sustainability, especially in addressing post-harvest loss (PHL). However, resources available to various supply chain stakeholders such as in the raw cashew nuts (RCNs) supply network to address PHL remain a challenge. The extant literature on PHL has limited intricate insight into its drivers from the perspective of resources. This paper, focusing on RCNs supply network, systematically identifies and analyzes critical drivers that influence PHL guided by tangible and intangible resources perspective. Fuzzy-Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (Fuzzy-DEMATEL) methodology was employed to analyze and convert an experts' judgment into quantifiable data to establish the causal relationship among the drivers. The findings reveal that urgent and short-term attention to address PHL in the RCNs supply network should be given to the primary tangible driver of lack/insufficient proper packaging materials. Furthermore, in medium-term strategies, RCNs suppliers and government agencies in-charge of agriculture and industry bodies need to surmount three key cause drivers consisting of premature/green harvesting of cashew nuts, financial and economic constraints, and lack of appropriate storage facility. In addition, drivers such as insufficient/lack of management support and commitment and lack of information dissemination on PHL within RCNs suppliers should be addressed in the long term. The study provides a framework for supply chain managers and policymakers to understand the interrelationship among PHL drivers from a resource perspective to enable the implementation of strategies that address PHL.

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“…In Brazil, the production of cashew nuts increased due to the introduction of early dwarf cashew cultivars in the 1980s (Figueirêdo et al, 2016). These cultivars are more productive, easy to grow, and more disease resistant than other commercial cultivars.…”

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Diversidad genética y fisicoquímica en doce cultivares brasileños de anacardo (Anacardium occidentale)

Lemos¹,

Bordallo²,

Neto³

et al. 2021

Acta Bot. Mex.

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Background and Aims: Cashew (Anacardium occidentale) is a native Brazilian tree, cultivated in various warm climates across the world. The cashew kernels production has been an important economic activity for many tropical countries, providing a variety of food with great nutrition value. The genetic diversity among the early dwarf cultivars used to production is poorly understood, as is the nutritional composition among nuts from those plants. This work aimed to evaluate the physicochemical characteristics of cashew kernels and to study genetic diversity among twelve cultivars to indicate superior genotypes for future breeding programs. Methods: Cashew kernels from twelve cultivars were evaluated for pH, titratable acidity, moisture, ash, lipids and proteins. The genetic variability was assessed using RAPD and ISSR molecular markers. Data from molecular and physicochemical analyses were used to estimate the genetic distances and Mantel test approach was applied to calculate Pearson’s correlation between the data.Key results: A high genetic variability was found among the cultivars. BRS 274 and BRS 275 were the closest genetically, while CCP 09 and BRS 189 were the most distant ones. On the other hand, EMBRAPA 51 and BRS 226 showed cashew kernels with more similar physicochemical characteristics, while BRS 189 and BRS 253 had the more different ones. Moreover, no correlation was found between the physicochemical and molecular results. Cashew kernels had pH close to neutrality, low acidity, considerable moisture content, and high lipid and protein contents. Conclusions: The cashew kernels from the cultivars studied here had low acidity and pH, considerable moisture and ash contents, and high protein and lipid contents. BRS 189, BRS 253, and CCP 1001 showed the best values for proteins, lipids, acidity, and pH. In addition, those cultivars have maximum distance genetic among them, which can be used as parents in future gene combinations in breeding programs.

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Environmental assessment of tropical perennial crops: the case of the Brazilian cashew

Cited by 30 publications

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Environmental, nutritional and social assessment of nuts

Environmental, nutritional and social assessment of nuts

Assessing drivers of post-harvest losses: tangible and intangible resources’ perspective

Diversidad genética y fisicoquímica en doce cultivares brasileños de anacardo (Anacardium occidentale)

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