Environmental impact assessment of conventional and organic milk production

Livestock Production Science

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 69-77

  De Boer, Imke J M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conventional; Environmental impact assessment; Life cycle assessment; Milk production; Organic

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037356375     PISSN: 03016226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-6226(02)00322-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. Anonymous, 1999a. Manure and the Environment. The Dutch approach to reduce the mineral surplus and ammonia volatilisation. Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries. The Hague, The Netherlands.
2. Anonymous, 1999b. Council Regulation (EC) No 1804/1999 of 19 July 1999 supplementing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring there to on agricultural products and foodstuffs to include livestock production. Official Journal of the European Communities, L 203, 53-57, Brussels, Belgium.
3. Audsley, E., Alber, S., Cliff, R., Cowell, S., Crettaz, P., Gaillard, G., Hausheer, J., Jolliet, O., Kleijn, R., Mortensen, B., Pearce, D., Roger, E., Teulon, H., Weidema, B., van Zeijts, H., 1997. Harmonisation of Environmental Life Cycle Assessment for Agriculture. Final Report, Concerted Action AIR3-CT94-2028, European Commission DG VI, Brussels, Belgium.
4. Cederberg, C., 1998. Life Cycle Assessment of Milk Production - A Comparison of Conventional and Organic Farming. SIK-report, no. 643, SIK, The Swedish Institute for Food and Biotechnology, Göteborg.
5. Cederberg, C., Dalerius, K., 2000. Life Cycle Assessment of Cattle Meat - a Study of Different Production Systems. Naturresursforum Landstinget Halland, Sweden.
6. Cederberg, C., Dalerius, K., 2001. Life Cycle Assessment of Pig Meat. Naturresursforum Landstinget Halland, Sweden.
7. Cederberg, C., Mattsson, B., 2000. Life cycle assessment of milk production - a comparison of conventional and organic farming. J. Cleaner Prod. 8, 49-60.
8. Ceuterick, D. (Ed.), 1996. Proceedings of the International Conference on Application of Life Cycle Assessment in Agriculture, Food and Non-Food Agro-Industry and Forestry, 4-5 April, Brussels, Belgium.
9. Ceuterick, D. (Ed.), 1998. Proceedings of the International Conference on Application of Life Cycle Assessment in Agriculture, Food and Non-Food Agro-Industry and Forestry, 3-4 December, Brussels, Belgium.
10. Corré, W., Oenema, O., 1998. Methane from animals and animal waste. In: Freibauer, A., Kaltschmitt, M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Workshop on Biogenic Emissions of Greenhouse Gasses caused by Arable and Animal Agriculture - Measurement Technology and Emission Factors, 86-93. University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany.
11. Davis, R., 1990. EC 90-2502, Perspectives on nitrates, Chapter 4 - Nitrates, nitrites and methemoglobinemia. University of Nebraska Co-operative Extension, Lincoln, NE.
12. De Boer, I.J.M., Smits, M.C.J., Mollenhorst, H., van Duinkerken, G., Monteny, G.J., 2002. Prediction of Ammonia Emission from Dairy Barns using Feed Characteristics. Part I: Relation between Feed Characteristics and Urinary Urea Concentration. J. Dairy Sci. 85, 3382-3388.
13. Haas, G., Wetterich, F., Geier, U., 2000. Life cycle assessment framework in agriculture on the farm level. Int. J. LCA 5, 345-348.
14. Haas, G., Wetterich, F., Köpke, U., 2001. Comparing intensive, extensified and organic grassland farming in southern Germany by process life cycle assessment. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 83, 43-53.
15. Hageman, I.W., Mandersloot, F., 1995. Energy use and methods for reduction. In: Luten, W., Snoek, H., Schukking, S., Verboon, M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the Symposium on Applied research for Sustainable Dairy Farming, 44-47, Research station for Applied Animal Husbandry, Lelystad, The Netherlands.
16. Heijungs, R., Guinée, J.B., Huppes, G., Lankreijer, R.M., Udo de Haas, H.A., Wegener Sleeswijk, A., 1992. In: Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Products. Centre of Environmental Science, Leiden, The Netherlands.
17. Iepema, G., Pijnenburg, J., 2001. Conventional versus Organic Dairy Farming. A Comparison of three Experimental Farms on Environmental Impact, Animal Health and Animal Welfare. MSc thesis Animal Production Systems Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
18. IPCC, 2001. Climate change 2001: The Scientific Basis. Contribution of working group I to the Third Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, UK.
19. Lekkerkerk, L.J.A., Heij, G.J., Hootsmans, M.J.M., 1995. Ammonia: the facts. Report no. 300-06 Dutch priority program on acidification [In Dutch], RIVM, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
20. Monteny, G.J., Groenestein, C.M., Hilhorst, M.A., 2001. Interactions and coupling between emissions of methane and nitrous oxide from animal husbandry. Nutrient Cycling Agroecosyst. 60, 123-132.
21. Reinhardt, G.A., 1997. Bilanzen uber die gesamten Lebenswege. In: Kaltschmitt, M., Reinhardt, G.A. (Eds.), Nachwachsende energieträger - Grundlagen, Verfahren, ökologische bilanzierung. Verlag Vieweg, Braunschweig, Wiesbaden.
22. Sawyer, C.N., 1966. Basic concepts of eutrophication. J. Water Poll. Control Fed. 38, 737-744.
23. Sundrum, A., 2001. Organic livestock farming. A critical review. Livest. Prod. Sci. 67, 207-215.
24. Van Dijk, A., 2001. Life Cycle Assessment of conventional and organic pig production in the Netherlands. MSc thesis Animal Production Systems group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
25. Van Koppen, C.S.A., Meeusen, M.J.G., 2001. LCA as a tool to innovate agricultural chains. Report of a project of the knowledge unit man and society of Wageningen University and Research Centre. Agricultural Economics Research Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands.
26. Wegener Sleeswijk, A., Kleijn, R., Van Zeijts, H., Reus, J.A.W.A., Meeusen Van Onna, M.J.G., Leneman, H., Sengers, H.H.W.J.M., 1996. Application of LCA to agricultural products. Report 130. Centre of Environmental Science, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands.
27. Weidema, B.P., Morteson, B., Nielsen, P. Hauschild, M., 1996. Elements of an impact assessment of wheat production. Institute for Product development, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
28. Weidema, B.P., 2001. Avoiding co-product allocation in life-cycle assessment. J. Indust. Ecol. 4, 11-33.
29. Wilkerson, V.A., Casper, D.P., Mertens, D.R., Tyrell, H.F., 1994. Evaluation of several methane producing equations for dairy cows. In: Aguilera, J.F. (Ed.), Energy Metabolism of Farm Animals. C.S.I.C. Publishing Service, Granada, Spain, EAAP Publication no. 76.