A5079848593- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Aboca (Italy)
2025
University of Pisa
2022
The environmental impact of beef cattle production varies significantly across farming systems, influenced by factors like feed, management practices, and land use. By applying the LCA perspective with “from cradle to farm gate” boundaries using CAP’2ER® tool, this study evaluates carbon footprint two models in Italy: a semi-extensive cow-calf an intensive for calf fattening. was calculated functional units: kilograms live meat gross (LMGP), monetary unit. first model showed lower footprint,...
This study investigates how Pesticide Risk Indicators (PRIs) can be applied to help develop sound economic policies. We modified one of the numerous PRIs proposed over years, Environmental Impact Quotient (EIQ), originally developed for fruit industry, consider co-formulants and adjuvants. The new formula includes three components representing externalities farm worker risk, consumer ecological risk. It also considers potential use pesticides on residents living near farms where these...