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Sustainability of Food Products Applying Integrated Life Cycle Tools

International Journal of Economic Practices and Theories

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Title Sustainability of Food Products Applying Integrated Life Cycle Tools
 
Creator Tarabella, Angela
Burchi, Barbara
 
Subject Commodity Science
food industry, Life Cycle Thinking, SLCA, LCA, integrated framework
M14, Q51, L66
 
Description The agri-food industry is a significant resource for the European economy. However, the competitiveness of this industry seems to be at risk due to its many structural problems (i.e. extreme fragmentation, energy-related and service issues, low R&D investment levels). In order to boost the sector, European policy-makers have planned a number of actions aimed at promoting a research for a greater sustainability. One of the most significant actions is the use of Life Cycle Thinking tools, which allow for a quantification of the environmental and social impact, and cost of food production. To ensure the adoption of these tools, their application should be simplified, an integrated framework should be created for the measurement of social, economic and environmental impacts, and a vast dissemination of results should be developed. For this purpose, the Ecolabel mark use has also been extended, with the last revision (EC Reg. no. 66/2010), to food products.
 
Publisher International Journal of Economic Practices and Theories
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2011-07-23
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ijept.org/index.php/ijept%20/article/view/4
 
Source International Journal of Economic Practices and Theories; Vol 1, No 1 (2011); 28-33
2247 – 7225
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ijept.org/index.php/ijept%20/article/view/4/6