DEXi-Dairy, a multi-criteria method for assessing farm sustainability in key European dairy production areas
2022
Wilfart, Aurelie | Baillet, Vincent | Balaine, Lorraine | Díaz de Otálora Aguirre, Xabier | Dragoni, Federico | Krol, Dominika | Anestis, Vasileios | Frątczak-Müller, Joanna | Rychła, Anna | Flø, Bjørn, Egil | Rodriguez, Divina Gracia P. | Winiwarter, Wilfried | Amon, Barbara | Sol Agro et hydrosystème Spatialisation (SAS) ; Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Rennes Angers ; Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro) | Teagasc - The Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc) | Leibniz Instistute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB) | Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) | Agricultural University of Athens | University of Zielona Góra | Norsk institutt for bioøkonomi=Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO) | PUPC
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. EU accounts for 32% of the world's milk production, thereby ranking as the largest producer among the global regions (Segerkvist et al., 2020). With annual emissions of 195 Tg CO2-eq, the dairy sector is also the highest agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) contributor within the EU-27 (Lesschen et al., 2011). Over the past decade, growing awareness of environmental problems associated with livestock production, volatility in farm incomes, and animal welfare concerns have reinforced the need for sustainable food production systems. In this context, European dairy production faces many challenges related to environmental, economic, and social dimensions of sustainability, with particular regard for the need to assess and eventually mitigate GHG emissions. Therefore, holistic assessment tools are required to inform how best to achieve greater sustainability across the three dimensions. To meet this requirement, the objective of the Milkey project was to develop a whole system approach to identify optimal GHG mitigation strategies in dairy production systems (DPS) based on a multi-criteria sustainability assessment (MCA).
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