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dc.contributor.authorSimmons, Aaronen
dc.contributor.authorMuir, Sallyen
dc.contributor.authorBrock, Pipen
dc.contributor.authorHerridge, Daviden
local.source.editorEditor(s): Tina Botwright Acuna, Matthew Harrison, Carina Moeller, David Parsonsen
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-10T11:34:00Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationBuilding Productive, Diverse and Sustainable Landscapes: Proceedings of 17th Agronomy Conference 2015, p. 1-4en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/20157-
dc.description.abstractLife cycle assessment (LCA) is a relatively recent framework that was developed to estimate the environmental impacts of industrial production processes and systems. The framework is now being applied to agricultural systems, including cropping systems, to identify opportunities for more environmentally-sustainable production. This purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the application of LCA to grain cropping systems. Research at NSW DPI has focused on using LCA to estimate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from grain production systems for different regions of NSW as part of an industry-funded climate mitigation research program. The emission profiles suggest that GHG emissions in the systems modelled thus far are primarily the result of the production and application of synthetic N fertilizers, direct losses of nitrous oxide (N2O) via denitrification of soil mineral N and dissolution of lime. The emissions intensities of crops also differ between regions primarily due to rainfall patterns and soil type, the type of fertiliser used, levels of inputs and yields. LCA, however, can provide a more holistic view of environmental impacts by also estimating effects on indicators such as eutrophication, land-use change and ecological toxicity. The reporting of numerous indicators allows potential perverse impacts to be assessed from applications of potential mitigation strategies. For example, increasing the proportion of legumes in a cropping rotation may reduce GHG emissions for that land area. However, the action may also result in land-use change to maintain supply of products displaced by including legumes in the rotation. Emissions associated with this land-use change such as sequestration or emission of soil or biomass carbon, may also affect the overall environmental impact.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherAustralian Society of Agronomy Incen
dc.relation.ispartofBuilding Productive, Diverse and Sustainable Landscapes: Proceedings of 17th Agronomy Conference 2015en
dc.titleLife Cycle Assessment of grain croppingen
dc.typeConference Publicationen
dc.relation.conferenceAAC 2015: 17th Australian Agronomy Conferenceen
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dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Impact Assessmenten
dc.subject.keywordsAgronomyen
dc.subject.keywordsEnvironmental Monitoringen
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local.contributor.firstnameSallyen
local.contributor.firstnamePipen
local.contributor.firstnameDaviden
local.subject.for2008050204 Environmental Impact Assessmenten
local.subject.for2008050206 Environmental Monitoringen
local.subject.for2008070302 Agronomyen
local.subject.seo2008960302 Climate Change Mitigation Strategiesen
local.subject.seo2008960603 Environmental Lifecycle Assessmenten
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.emaildherridg@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20161107-14328en
local.date.conference20th - 24th September, 2015en
local.conference.placeHobart, Australiaen
local.publisher.placeHobart, Australiaen
local.format.startpage1en
local.format.endpage4en
local.url.openhttp://www.agronomyaustraliaproceedings.org/images/sampledata/2015_Conference/pdf/agronomy2015final00146.pdfen
local.peerreviewedYesen
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local.contributor.lastnameBrocken
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local.title.maintitleLife Cycle Assessment of grain croppingen
local.output.categorydescriptionE1 Refereed Scholarly Conference Publicationen
local.conference.detailsAAC 2015: 17th Australian Agronomy Conference, Hobart, Australia, 20th - 24th September, 2015en
local.search.authorSimmons, Aaronen
local.search.authorMuir, Sallyen
local.search.authorBrock, Pipen
local.search.authorHerridge, Daviden
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local.year.published2015en
local.subject.for2020410402 Environmental assessment and monitoringen
local.subject.for2020410599 Pollution and contamination not elsewhere classifieden
local.subject.for2020300403 Agronomyen
local.subject.seo2020190301 Climate change mitigation strategiesen
local.subject.seo2020190204 Environmental lifecycle assessmenten
local.date.start2015-09-20-
local.date.end2015-09-24-
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