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SU-EATABLE LIFE: a comprehensive database of carbon and water footprints of food commodities
dataset
posted on 2021-05-07, 06:49 authored by Tashina Petersson, Luca Secondi, Andrea Magnani, Marta Antonelli, Katarzyna Dembska, Riccardo Valentini, Alessandra Varotto, Simona CastaldiSimona CastaldiThe Su-EATABLE LIFE (SEL) database is a harmonised compilation of carbon (CF) and
water (WF) footprint values of food commodities, based on a standardized
methodology to extract information and assign optimal footprint values and
uncertainties to food items, starting from peer-reviewed articles and grey
literature. SEL
database is organized in different levels of information suitable for different
users and purposes. An updated and harmonized compilation of 3349
carbon footprint values extrapolated from 841 publications (1998-2019) and 937
water footprint values extrapolated from 88 publications (2005-2018) represents
the solid basis of the database and the most disaggregated level of information.
Using
a rigorous statistical approach we have created additional
levels of data information which represent increasing level of CF and WF data aggregation, summarized
into 85 typologies, 11 sub-typologies, 323 items data of CF and 72 typologies,
9 sub-typologies, 320 items data of WF.
Moreover
we have implemented an innovative methodological
framework for uncertainty treatment and data quality assurance to attribute
robust and statistically significant footprint values to food commodities. The complex sets of statistical evaluations, done
for each informative level, are summarized into an easy to use datasheet reporting
values of CF and WF of food items. Thanks to its multilevel approach and to the
transparent procedure for data analysis and quality check, the database can be
easily implemented and modified, fits different
purposes and levels of expertise and provides a flexible science based tool operators, managers and researcher in the food
sector.
Funding
LIFE16 GIC/IT/000038
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Categories
- Carbon sequestration science
- Climatology
- Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
- Ecology not elsewhere classified
- Environmental assessment and monitoring
- Environmental management
- Environmental management
- Other environmental sciences not elsewhere classified
- Hydrology not elsewhere classified
- Environmental education and extension
- Ecological applications not elsewhere classified
- Food sciences not elsewhere classified
- Nutrition and dietetics not elsewhere classified
- Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy
- Agricultural systems analysis and modelling
- Agro-ecosystem function and prediction
- Agronomy
- Farm management, rural management and agribusiness
- Sustainable agricultural development
Keywords
foodfood emissionsGHG emissionsCarbon Footprintwater footprintLCA dataSustainable dietsCarbon Sequestration ScienceClimate ScienceEcological Impacts of Climate ChangeEcologyEnvironmental Impact AssessmentEnvironmental ManagementEnvironmental MonitoringEnvironmental ScienceHydrologyEnvironmental Education and ExtensionEcological Applications not elsewhere classifiedFood Sciences not elsewhere classifiedNutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classifiedScience PolicyAgricultural Systems Analysis and ModellingAgro-ecosystem Function and PredictionAgronomyFarm Management, Rural Management and AgribusinessFarming Systems ResearchSustainable Agricultural Development