Environmental performance of sorghum, barley and oat silage production for livestock feed using life cycle assessment

Sara González-García, Francesc Baucells, Gumersindo Feijoo and Maria Teresa Moreira

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2016, vol. 111, issue C, 28-41

Abstract: The role of environmental consequences derived from cereal production in agricultural systems is widely recognised. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has been considered as a useful tool to support environmental decision-making in agricultural systems. In this study, the quantification and identification of the environmental impacts derived from two different double cropping systems comprising winter and summer crops for silage production (forage sorghum, barley and oat) was performed following an attributional LCA perspective in accordance with ISO 14040 standards. Primary data of cereal production for dairy cattle feeding were obtained from a representative year. Only secondary data were used for background processes.

Keywords: Avena sativa L.; Double cropping system; Feedstuffs; Functional units; Hordeum vulgare L.; Sorghum spp. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2016.04.002

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