Towards circular economy in the agri-food sector. A systematic literature review

B Esposito, MR Sessa, D Sica, O Malandrino - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Over the last decade, the unsustainability of the current economic model, based on the so-
called take-make-dispose paradigm, has emerged. In particular, the agro-food sector (AFS) …

Life cycle cost analysis of agri-food products: A systematic review

M Degieter, X Gellynck, S Goyal, D Ott… - Science of The Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Because of the increasing challenges the global food system is facing on a social, economic
and environmental level, and the need to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development …

Life cycle assessment, life cycle cost, and exergoeconomic analysis of different tillage systems in safflower production by micronutrients

M Hatim, M Majidian, M Tahmasebi… - Soil and Tillage …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, one of the biggest challenges facing agriculture has been sustainability.
To achieve sustainability goals, it is necessary to consider the compatibility of …

Developing composite indicators for agricultural sustainability assessment: Effect of normalization and aggregation techniques

B Talukder, K W. Hipel, G W. vanLoon - Resources, 2017 - mdpi.com
The assessment of the sustainability of agricultural systems is multidimensional in nature
and requires holistic measures using indicators with different measurements and units …

Life cycle tools combined with multi-criteria and participatory methods for agricultural sustainability: Insights from a systematic and critical review

AI De Luca, N Iofrida, P Leskinen, T Stillitano… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Life cycle (LC) methodologies have attracted a great interest in agricultural sustainability
assessments, even if, at the same time, they have sometimes been criticized for making …

Evaluation of sustainable innovations in olive growing systems: A Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment case study in southern Italy

AI De Luca, G Falcone, T Stillitano, N Iofrida… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Innovations are increasingly needed by companies to engage in new market
competitiveness. Conscientious consumers are demanding sustainable products and …

A hybridised framework combining integrated methods for environmental Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing

JH Miah, SCL Koh, D Stone - Journal of cleaner production, 2017 - Elsevier
For over twenty years, researchers and practitioners have been developing and
implementing different methods for combining environmental and economic analysis of …

Life cycle assessment application to the wine sector: a critical review

C Ferrara, G De Feo - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a powerful tool that allows evaluation of the environmental
performances of a product, service or process considering the whole life cycle or a part of it …

Time-motion analysis as a novel approach for evaluating the impact of environmental heat exposure on labor loss in agriculture workers

LG Ioannou, L Tsoutsoubi, G Samoutis, LK Bogataj… - Temperature, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: In this study we (i) introduced time-motion analysis for assessing the impact of
workplace heat on the work shift time spent doing labor (WTL) of grape-picking workers,(ii) …

Towards sustainable wine: Comparison of two Portuguese wines

AA Martins, AR Araújo, A Graça, NS Caetano… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
A correct definition of the most adequate strategies and/or course of action to improve the
sustainability of the wine industry must start with an evaluation, as objective and accurate as …