Benchmarking environmental and operational parameters through eco-efficiency criteria for dairy farms

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 409; no. 10; pp. 1786 - 1798
• Main Authors: Iribarren, Diego, Hospido, Almudena, Moreira, María Teresa, Feijoo, Gumersindo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 15.04.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agricultural economics; Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions; analysis; Benchmarking; Benchmarking - methods; Biological and medical sciences; Conservation of Natural Resources; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods; Criteria; Dairy; dairy farming; Dairying; Dairying - methods; Dairying - organization & administration; Dairying - standards; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); eco-efficiency; Economics; Efficiency; Efficiency, Organizational; Efficiency, Organizational - standards; Environment; environmental impact; Environmental Pollutants; Environmental Pollutants - analysis; Environmental Pollutants - standards; Farms; Food; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Generalities. Biometrics, experimentation. Remote sensing; inventories; Life cycle assessment; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Life cycle engineering; Mathematical analysis; methods; Milk; milk prices; milk production; organization & administration; profits and margins; raw milk; Reduction; Spain; statistics & numerical data; Waste Products; Waste Products - analysis; Waste Products - statistics & numerical data; Europe; Spain; Spain, Galicia; Dairy; Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA); Efficiency; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Food; Milk; Life cycle (environment); Ecobalance; Agricultural industry; Benchmarking; Sustainable development; Environment impact; Environment; Parameter; Economic aspect; Eco-efficiency; Data envelopment analysis; Environmental protection

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is often used for the environmental evaluation of agri-food systems due to its holistic perspective. In particular, the assessment of milk production at farm level requires the evaluation of multiple dairy farms to guarantee the representativeness of the study when a regi...