Using LCA to estimate the potential reduction of the environmental impact by PLF technology
Contributo in Atti di convegno
Data di Pubblicazione:
2022
Citazione:
Using LCA to estimate the potential reduction of the environmental impact by PLF technology / D. Lovarelli, J. Bacenetti, D. Berckmans, M. Guarino - In: Precision Livestock Farming 2022[s.l] : Organizing Committee of the European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, 2022. - ISBN 978-83-965360-0-6. (( Intervento presentato al 10. convegno European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming tenutosi a Wien nel 2022.
Abstract:
Every year over seventy billion animals are slaughtered to fulfil the worldwide demand
for animal products (meat, eggs, milk) and a further increase is expected by 2050. The
livestock sector, like other sectors, has a high environmental impact and we must find
solutions to reduce it. Normally an evaluation by experimental work in field conditions
becomes very expensive in monitoring techniques and in labour.
This paper shows a method to evaluate the effect of PLF technology on the environmental
impact by using simulations of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). We use an example on
dairy cows by evaluating the use of pedometers for the detection of oestrus events. The
results show that the application of LCA can work as a feasible approach to get insight in
the significance of the environmental benefit of applying PLF tools on farms.
Tipologia IRIS:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
environmental sustainability; dairy cows; monitoring; efficient management
Elenco autori:
D. Lovarelli, J. Bacenetti, D. Berckmans, M. Guarino
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Titolo del libro:
Precision Livestock Farming 2022