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Biblioteca(s): 	Embrapa Meio Ambiente.	
Data corrente: 	30/09/2011	
Data da última atualização: 	04/01/2013	
Autoria: 	KNUDSEN, M. T.; ALMEIDA, G. F.; LANGER, V.; ABREU, L. S. de; HALBERG, N.	
Afiliação: 	Marie Trydeman Knudsen, University of Copenhagen; Gustavo Fonseca de Almeida, UFSCar; Vibeke Langer, University of Copenhagen; LUCIMAR SANTIAGO DE ABREU, CNPMA; Niels Halberg, Aarhus University.	
Título: 	Environmental assessment of organic juice imported to Denmark: a case study on oranges (Citrus sinensis) from Brazil.	
Ano de publicação: 	2011	
Fonte/Imprenta: 	Organic Agriculture, Dordrecht, v. 1, n. 3, p. 167-185, 2011.	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Conteúdo: 	Growing global trade with organic products has given rise to a debate on the environmental impacts during both production and transport. Environmental hotspots of organic orange juice produced by smallholders in Brazil, processed and imported to Denmark, were identified in a case study using a life cycle approach. Furthermore, small-scale organic orange production was compared with small-scale conventional and large-scale organic orange production in the case study area in Brazil. Transport was the main contributor (58%) to the global warming potential of organic orange juice from small-scale farmers imported to Denmark, followed by the farm stage (23%), especially the truck transport of fresh oranges in Brazil and of reconstituted orange juice in Europe. Non-renewable energy use per hectare was significantly lower on the organic small-scale farms than on the conventional, with a similar pattern for global warming potential and eutrophication. Including soil carbon sequestration in organic plantations widened the difference in global warming potential between organic and conventional. Organic small-scale farms had a higher crop diversity than conventional, which may have a positive effect on biodiversity along with the spontaneous vegetation between the organic orange trees and the absence of toxic pesticides. Comparing small-scale with large-scale organic orange production, crop diversity was higher on the small-scale farms, while global warming potential, eutrophication potential and the use of copper per hectare were significantly lower, indicating that environmental impacts from small-scale differ from large-scale organic farms.	
Palavras-Chave: 	LCA; Transport.	
Thesagro: 	Impacto ambiental; Suco de laranja; Transporte.	
Thesaurus Nal: 	Environmental assessment; Orange juice; Organic production; Transportation.	
Categoria do assunto: 	A Sistemas de Cultivo	
Registro original: 	Embrapa Meio Ambiente (CNPMA)	
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