Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
https://open.uns.ac.rs/handle/123456789/975
Title: | Scientific challenges in performing life-cycle assessment in the food supply chain | Authors: | Djekic I. Pojić, Milica Tonda A. Putnik P. Bursać Kovačević D. Režek-Jambrak A. Tomasevic I. |
Issue Date: | 1-Jan-2019 | Journal: | Foods | Abstract: | © 2019 by the authors. This paper gives an overview of scientific challenges that occur when performing life-cycle assessment (LCA) in the food supply chain. In order to evaluate these risks, the Failure Mode and Effect Analysis tool has been used. Challenges related to setting the goal and scope of LCA revealed four hot spots: system boundaries of LCA; used functional units; type and quality of data categories, and main assumptions and limitations of the study. Within the inventory analysis, challenging issues are associated with allocation of material and energy flows and waste streams released to the environment. Impact assessment brings uncertainties in choosing appropriate environmental impacts. Finally, in order to interpret results, a scientifically sound sensitivity analysis should be performed to check how stable calculations and results are. Identified challenges pave the way for improving LCA of food supply chains in order to enable comparison of results. | URI: | https://open.uns.ac.rs/handle/123456789/975 | DOI: | 10.3390/foods8080301 |
Appears in Collections: | FINS Publikacije/Publications |
Show full item record
SCOPUSTM
Citations
17
checked on Nov 20, 2023
Page view(s)
19
Last Week
11
11
Last month
0
0
checked on May 10, 2024
Google ScholarTM
Check
Altmetric
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.