Life Cycle Assessment and Multi-criteria Analysis in Agriculture: Synergies and Insights

摘要: The simultaneous and increasing needs for safe quality food products, along with the environmental socio-economic sustainability, develop a multi-level problem controversies arbitrary assumptions farmers policy makers. In order to assess aspect of sustainability in agricultural production, different impact assessment tools could be implemented. Although LCA gives potential alternative scenarios achieve optimal performance, context at same time subjective measures are developed which difficult quantify. Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) is key solve current weakness, since it takes into account multiple criteria wide assortment aspects thus integrate elements. purpose this study outline integration MCA methodologies complete literature review regarding sector through above mentioned methodological merge. we analyze scientific papers integrating multi-criteria agriculture. Through analysis, determine connection between variety (a) number nature methods integrated LCA, (b) way technical perspective (c) benefits as well final conclusions only elicited complex process. Studies implemented simultaneously illustrated positive economic results, focused on modeling dealt LCA.