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dc.contributor.authorMajewski, Edward
dc.contributor.authorKomerska, Anna
dc.contributor.authorKwiatkowski, Jerzy
dc.contributor.authorMalak-Rawlikowska, Agata
dc.contributor.authorWas, Adam
dc.contributor.authorSulewski, Piotr
dc.contributor.authorGolas, Marlena
dc.contributor.authorPogodzinska, Kinga
dc.contributor.authorLecoeur, Jean-Loup
dc.contributor.authorTocco, Barbara
dc.contributor.authorTörök, Áron
dc.contributor.authorDonati, Michele
dc.contributor.authorVittersø, Gunnar
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-17T12:42:09Z
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-22T08:55:24Z
dc.date.available2020-09-17T12:42:09Z
dc.date.available2021-01-22T08:55:24Z
dc.date.issued2020-09-16
dc.identifier.citationMajewski E, Komerska, Kwiatkowski, Malak-Rawlikowska A, Was A, Sulewski, Golas, Pogodzinska, Lecoeur J, Tocco B, Török Á, Donati M, Vittersø G. Are Short Food Supply Chains More Environmentally Sustainable than Long Chains? A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the Eco-Efficiency of Food Chains in Selected EU Countries. Energies. 2020;13en
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.issn1996-1073
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/9389
dc.description.abstractImproving the eco-efficiency of food systems is one of the major global challenges faced by the modern world. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are commonly regarded to be less harmful to the environment, among various reasons, due to their organizational distribution and thus the shortened physical distance between primary producers and final consumers. In this paper, we empirically test this hypothesis, by assessing and comparing the environmental impacts of short and long food supply chains. Based on the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach, we calculate eco-efficiency indicators for nine types of food distribution chains. The analysis is performed on a sample of 428 short and long food supply chains from six European countries. Our results indicate that, on average, long food supply chains may generate less negative environmental impacts than short chains (in terms of fossil fuel energy consumption, pollution, and GHG emissions) per kg of a given product. The values of eco-efficiency indicators display a large variability across analyzed chains, and especially across different types of SFSCs. The analysis shows that the environmental impacts of the food distribution process are not only determined by the geographical distance between producer and consumer, but depend on numerous factors, including the supply chain infrastructure.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program STRENGTH2FOOD under grant agreement no. 678024 and title: “Strengthening European Food Chain Sustainability by Quality and Procurement Policy”.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMDPIen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesEnergies;Volume 13, Issue 18
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licenseen
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectEco-efficiencyen
dc.subjectEnvironmental impactsen
dc.subjectGreenhouse gas emissionsen
dc.subjectEnergy consumptionen
dc.subjectFood chainsen
dc.subjectShort food supply chainsen
dc.titleAre Short Food Supply Chains More Environmentally Sustainable than Long Chains? A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of the Eco-Efficiency of Food Chains in Selected EU Countriesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2020-09-17T12:42:09Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/en13184853
dc.identifier.cristin1830899
dc.source.journalEnergies


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