Integration of artificial intelligence methods and life cycle assessment to predict energy output and environmental impacts of paddy production.

Black rice (Oryza sativa L.): a review of its historical aspects, chemical composition, nutritional and functional properties, and applications and processing technologies.

https://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/bitstream/123456789/31920/1/Energy%20and%20carbon%20budgeting%20of%20tillage%20for%20env_B%20Lal.pdf

Energy and carbon budgeting of tillage for environmentally clean and resilient soil health of rice-maize cropping system

This study aims to assess the environmental impacts of conventional and organic rice cultivations and proposes a sustainable conceptual framework of rice farming based on the life cycle assessment (LCA) approach. A cradle-to-gate LCA was performed by using the ReCiPe 2016 method and SimaPro 8.5 software. The functional unit was one ton of rice grains harvested. Primary data were obtained from the farmer, while secondary data were collected from Ecoinvent 3.0, the Agri Footprint 3.0 database and the literature. The total characterization factors for global warming potential (GWP), water consumption potential (WCP) and fossil fuel depletion potential (FFP) were 457.89 kg CO2-eq, 98.18 m3 and 84.56 kg oil-eq, respectively, at the midpoint level for conventional rice, while the impacts for organic rice were 140.55 kg CO2-eq, 29.45 m3 and 22.25 kg oil-eq, respectively. At the endpoint level, the total characterization factors for human health damage (HH), ecosystem damage (ED) and resource availability (RA) for conventional rice were 9.63 × 10−4 DALY, 5.54 × 10−6 species.year and 30.98 Dollar, respectively, while for organic rice, the impacts were 2.60 × 10−4 DALY, 2.28 × 10−6 species.year and 8.44 Dollar, respectively. Rice cultivation impacted the environment, particularly in relation to three impact categories: GWP, WCP and FFP. The cultivation phase of rice production was the main contributor to environmental impacts due to the production and application of fertilizer and pesticides. It can be concluded that the application of LCA in agricultural sector is able to provide information and responses for policy makers in understanding the potential environmental impacts at various spatial levels.

An LCA-Based Environmental Performance of Rice Production for Developing a Sustainable Agri-Food System in Malaysia.

Sustainability, energy budgeting, and life cycle assessment of crop-dairy-fish-poultry mixed farming system for coastal lowlands under humid tropic condition of India

Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from rice production systems in Brazil: A comparison between minimal tillage and organic farming

Life Cycle Assessment comparison between brow parboiled rice produced under organic and minimal tillage cultivation systems

In this Collective Article on alien and cryptogenic diversity in the Mediterranean Sea we report a total of 19 species belonging to nine Phyla and coming from nine countries. Several of these records concern fish species, and of particular interest are the first records of: Terapon puta for Italian waters; Pteragopus trispilus from Malta; Plotosus lineatus from Cyprus; and the northernmost Mediterranean record of Lagocephalus sceleratus. The northernmost Mediterranean record was also reported for the sea urchin Diadema setosum. The portunid crab Thalamita poissonii was recorded for the first time in Libya. The copepod Pseudodiaptomus marinus was recorded for the first time in the Marmara Sea. The polychaete Branchiomma luctuosum was recorded for the first time from the Mediterranean coast of France. The alien anemone Diadumene lineata was recorded for the first time from Slovenia. The macroalgae Sargassum furcatum was recorded for the first time from Italy. The new Mediterranean records here reported help tracing abundance and distribution of alien and cryptic species in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Flávia Aparecida Nunes

Papers

Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from rice production systems in Brazil: A comparison between minimal tillage and organic farming

Life Cycle Assessment comparison between brow parboiled rice produced under organic and minimal tillage cultivation systems

New Alien Mediterranean Biodiversity Records (August 2022)