Environmental impact of screenhouse and open-field cultivation using a life cycle analysis: the case study of green bean production

Energy and economic assessment of prune production in Tehran province of Iran

“…Considering the fact that consumption of electricity is not completely under farmers' control (e.g., deep water in wells, low electrical production and transmission efficiencies), it is recommended to reduce the amount of water for irrigation by changing the irrigation method. Using drip irrigation instead of flood irrigation can significantly reduce water use; optimizing the use of the irrigation water is necessary since it is a scarce resource (Romero-Gámez et al, 2012). Accordingly, by water conservation one can reduce electrical and irrigation water energies significantly.…”

“…The amount of fertilizers used for crop production should be optimized, not only to avoid groundwater pollution, but to decrease the amount of energy used for production (Romero-Gámez et al, 2012). Providing educational opportunities and applying soil tests can help farmers use these inputs properly.…”

Potential greenhouse gas emission reductions in soybean farming: a combined use of Life Cycle Assessment and Data Envelopment Analysis

“…Several LCA studies have examined life cycle impacts for food and field crops production (Garnett, 2008;Romero-Gámez et al, 2012;Abeliotis et al, 2013), and it has also been used to analysis the soybean production in variety of countries such as China (Knudsen et al, 2010), Canada (Pelletier et al, 2008) and Brazil (Prudêncio da Silva et al, 2010). In literature there is no work on the environmental impacts of Iranian soybeans using LCA or others approach, though few studies are found about energy use in the soybean production (Mousavi-Avval et al, 2011a, 2011b.…”

Regression modeling of field emissions in wheat production using a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach

“…A great deal of reports are available on its use for analyzing agricultural products i.e. olive [Avraamides and Fatta, 2008], cocoa [Ntiamoah and Afrane, 2008], sugar beet [Brentrup et al, 2001], wheat [Brentrup et al, 2004], and green bean [Romero-Gámez et al, 2012], and cropping systems' impacts on the environment. The aims of this study were to calculate: (a) the emissions of input materials in wheat production, (b) to find a relationship between input materials and field emissions, and (c) carry out sensitivity analysis of the inputs on global warming potential (GWP), human toxicity potential (HTP), eutrophication potential (EP), ecotoxicity potential (ETP), acidification potential (AP) and oxidant formation potential (OFP) in Esfahan province of Iran.…”