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Environmental Impact Assessment of Agricultural Systems Using the Life Cycle Assessment  

Shim, Kyo-Moon (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Jeong, Ji-Sun (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
So, Kyu-Ho (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Lim, Song-Tak (Department of Food and Resource Economics, Korea University)
Roh, Kee-An (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Kim, Gun-Yeob (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Jeong, Hyun-Cheol (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
Lee, Deog-Bae (National Academy of Agricultural Science, RDA)
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Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer / v.43, no.2, 2010 , pp. 237-241 More about this Journal
Abstract
Many policies have been implemented to mitigate the greenhouse gases in atmosphere overall of sectors. With considering the distinct characteristics of the food security, agricultural sector is no exception to this situation. To this regard, total amount of carbon which is emitted through all of the agricultural production process is calculated, and being based on this result, the demand for the introduction of agricultural production system with low carbon has been rising. Case studies on the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) technique to agricultural sector are found in many countries. For example, life cycle inventory (LCI) data bases of crop, farm infrastructure, fertilizer, farm machinery, and etc., have been constructed and provided by Ecoinvent (Swiss centre for life cycle inventories) of Swiss. In Japan, Top-down typed LCA methodology for agriculture is developed based on the inter-industry analysis, and is evaluated according to the productive method of crop. On the other hand, environmental impact assessment of agricultural system using LCA in Korea is just in the beginning stages. So it is required to assess environmental impact on agricultural fertilizer and pesticide, and to develop their flow modeling, and methodology of LCA of agricultural sector. Environmental impact assessment on agricultural materials, machinery, and infrastructure will also be carried out.
Keywords
Life cycle assessment; Life cycle inventory; Agricultural environment; Environmental impact assessment;
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