Application of PestLCI model to site-specific soil and climate conditions: the case of maize production in Northern Italy

Valentina Fantin; Serena Righi; Alessandro Buscaroli; Gioia Garavini; Alessandra Zamagni; Teunis Johannes Dijkman; Alessandra Bonoli

Application of PestLCI model to site-specific soil and climate conditions: the case of maize production in Northern Italy

Valentina Fantin, Serena Righi, Alessandro Buscaroli, Gioia Garavini, Alessandra Zamagni, Teunis Johannes Dijkman, Alessandra Bonoli

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The calculation of emissions from the use of pesticides is a critical issue in LCA studies of agrifood products and only occasionally discussed in details in literature studies. The objective of this study is to assess the results of the application of PestLCI 2.0 model to the production of
maize in Northern Italy using site-specific soil and climate data, which were added for this purpose in PestLCI database. In this way, the application of the tool and its database were tailored to that area. Moreover, the results were compared with those obtained assuming maize
cultivation on other soil typologies in the surrounding areas. Results show that soil variation scarcely affects the emissions to air and surface water are whereas it affects significantly the emissions to groundwater. Finally, some features of PestLCI were highlighted and comments for a further improvement of the model were provided.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the Italian LCA Network
Publication date	2016
Pages	202-210
ISBN (Print)	978-88-8286-333-3
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Life Cycle Thinking, sostenibilità ed economia circolare - Ravenna, Italy Duration: 23 Jun 2016 → 24 Jun 2016

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Conference	Life Cycle Thinking, sostenibilità ed economia circolare
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Ravenna
Period	23/06/2016 → 24/06/2016

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Application of PestLCI model to site-specific soil and climate conditions: the case of maize production in Northern Italy. / Fantin, Valentina; Righi, Serena; Buscaroli, Alessandro et al.
Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the Italian LCA Network. 2016. p. 202-210.

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