Life-cycle assessment of the soybean-sunflower production system in the Brazilian Cerrado
@article{Matsuura2016LifecycleAO, title={Life-cycle assessment of the soybean-sunflower production system in the Brazilian Cerrado}, author={Mar{\'i}lia Ieda da Silveira Folegatti Matsuura and F. R. T. Dias and Juliana Ferreira Picoli and K{\'a}ssio R. Garcia Lucas and C{\'e}sar Nunes de Castro and M. H. Hirakuri}, journal={The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment}, year={2016}, volume={22}, pages={492-501} }
PurposeIn the “Cerrado” (Brazilian savanna), sunflower comes mostly from a cropping system where its seeding follows soybean harvest. Soybean has a much higher economic value, but this association with sunflower reduces the environmental impacts from both crops by sharing resources. This study performed a life-cycle assessment (LCA) of the soybean-sunflower cropping system, identified its hotspots, and compared its environmental performance with two hypothetical monocultures, in order to…
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