Can the Life Cycle Assessment methodology be adopted to support a single farm on its environmental impacts forecast evaluation between conventional and organic production? An Italian case study

The role of the life cycle assessment (LCA) in the agrifood sector is widely recognised as an important tool that supports environmental decision-making. The main difference between agricultural and industrial studies is the need to evaluate output data from the natural processes that result from farming practices, especially fertilisation and pesticide treatments. Many LCA studies in the agrifood sector have been conducted on a large geographical scale (regional or national) and have considered data from multiple production years.