A5050192468- Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
- Light effects on plants
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Plant and soil sciences
- Irrigation Practices and Water Management
- Social Sciences and Policies
- Urban Heat Island Mitigation
- Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Innovations in Aquaponics and Hydroponics Systems
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Phosphorus and nutrient management
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Historical and socio-economic studies of Spain and related regions
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
2015-2023
Institute of Agrifood Research and Technology
2011-2020
Natural Resources Canada
2019
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
2018
Esteve (Spain)
2017
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur
2009
Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Agroalimentaria de Aragón
2001-2005
The COVID-19 pandemic unveiled the fragility of food sovereignty in cities and confirmed close connection urban dwellers have with food. Although was not responsible for a systemic failure, it suggested how citizens would accept indeed support transition toward more localized production systems. As this attitudinal shift is aligned sustainability literature, work aims to explore tools actions needed policy framework transformation that recognizes multiple benefits systems, while considering...
Urban agriculture is growing in cities and rising to the roofs of buildings. The potential food contamination a key issue be resolved guarantee health consumers, it affects both urban promoters consumers. Crop from soil can overcome by adopting soilless cultivation system that, with good management practices, also avoid fertirrigation pest treatments. It has recently increased number systems due features offers. This study focuses on heavy metals hydroponic lettuce crops atmospheric...
Ancient civilizations had agriculture production in their metropolis but modern urban planning separated from cities, such as Chandigarh by Le Corbusier. At present, FAO estimates that produces food for a quarter of world's population, reducing transport, package and waste impact among others improving safety. Meanwhile, city governments citizens are reinventing roofs usage order to take more advantage them. Rooftop Greenhouses (RTGs) an interesting option because they increase the scarce...
The rise of population in urban areas makes it ever more important to promote agriculture (UA) that is efficient terms water and nutrients. How meet the irrigation demand UA particular concern where sources are often limited. With aim determining how reduce use for while maintaining productivity reducing environmental impacts UA, this study explores agronomic performance life cycle benefits three different fertigation management practices used a rooftop greenhouse tomato crop Barcelona: 1)...
LCA is used to analyse and evaluate the environmental impact associated with process of greenhouse cultivation a tomato crop. Tomato production in kg selected as functional unit. Three different processes were compared: soil open closed hydroponic systems. waste management scenarios also analysed. The most significant negative impacts identified, enabling application suitable technology order mitigate their effects. main derives from biomass plastics, therefore best practicable option reduce...
Summary The environmental impact of the water consumption four typical crop rotations grown in Spain, including energy crops, was analyzed and compared against Spanish agricultural natural reference situations. life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology used for potential blue (withdrawal from bodies) green (uptake soil moisture) consumption. latter has so far been disregarded LCA. To account water, two approaches have applied: first accounts difference demand crops a situation. second is...
This paper presents the inclusion of new, relevant impact categories for agriculture life cycle assessments. We performed a specific case study with focus on applicability spatially explicit characterization factors. The main goals were to provide detailed evaluation these new category methods, compare results commonly used methods (ReCiPe and USEtox) demonstrate how can help improve environmental assessment in agriculture. As an overall conclusion, newly developed helped fill most important...
The protected cultivation industry in mild winter climates is mainly involved vegetable growing, usually Solanacea (tomato, pepper and eggplant) Cucurbitacea (melon, summer squash, watermelon cucumber), although floricultural ornamental crops have also gradually increased importance recent years.In addition, the last decade, fruit tree been incorporated this industry.However, all cases, there a continuing need for crop diversification order to supply market with new products.There several...