Pig and poultry production systems have reached high-performance levels over the last few
decades. However, there is still room for improvement when it comes to their environmental …

Background Poultry production is an important human food pillar and is experiencing
continuous growth worldwide. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach has been …

The broiler production chain (BPC) has associated environmental impacts, costs, and effects
that are not compensated by the Brazilian socioeconomy. The objective of this review was to …

Existing studies on the environmental impact of chicken meat production, one of the most
popular animal protein, present deficiencies in terms of uncertainties, consistency of …

Poultry farming is often associated with negative environmental impacts, such as water
quality degradation and greenhouse gas emissions. This study covers important gaps in the …

Economic efficiency assessments based on Data Envelopment Analysis are scarce
compared to technical efficiency studies, even in for-profit firms. Some aspects justify this …

With the ever-increasing world population, there is a need for the agri-food industry to adopt
sustainable practices with a reduced environmental footprint. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is …

Health and sustainability problems have become a central theme in dialogue in both the
scientific community and the public. Our individual choices have a profound, advantageous …

The aim of this study is to optimize the Radial Base Function (RBF) parameters by
combining the Response Surface Method (RSM) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) for modeling …

We conducted a life cycle assessment (LCA) to compare environmental impacts of
conventional (CNV) broiler chicken production in Japan with those of three mitigation …