Environmental impacts of imported and locally-grown fruits for the French market: A cradle-to-farm-gate LCA study = Impacts environnementaux des fruits importés ou cultivés localement pour le marché français : ACV du berceau à la porte de la ferme

Basset-Mens C., Vanniere H., Grasselly D., Heitz H., Braun A., Payen S., Koch P., Biard Y.
2016

Introduction. Fruits are under growing scrutiny regarding their environmental impacts. However, fruit cropping systems have seldom been studied using life cycle assessment (LCA). As part of the Agribalyse® project, the cropping systems for apple and peach in France, clementine in Morocco, and mango in Brazil were evaluated with a cradle-to-farm-gate LCA in order to include the manufacturing, ...

Commerce, commercialisation et distribution; Commerce international; Culture des plantes