URBAG presentations at the LCA FOOD 2024 Conference

Juan David Arosemena and Guido Evangelista presented their work at the LCA FOOD 2024 Conference held in Barcelona in September 2024. The main focus of this conference is to assess the sustainability of agrifood systems and guide them to improving their environmental performance. This forum also includes the social and economic pillars of sustainability. This conference featured a diverse range of speakers from organizations worldwide, who presented their work through talks and posters. Here you can find the conference program.

Juan David Arosemena presented his work “Displacing imports and impacts with peri-urban agriculture: An integrated assessment of local produce in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.”, in the session “Sustainable cropping systems”. The main goal of his work is to determine produce self-sufficiency, compare the environmental impacts between local and imported produce, and identify the benefits and trade-offs of improving the sustainability of local food production with nutrient circularity.

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Guido Evangelista presented his work “Growing Green: Environmental Assessment of Struvite Fertilization in Hydroponic Tomato Cultivation”, in the session “Sustainable cropping systems”. The main goals of his work are:

•To compare the yield: evaluate whether struvite fertilization can produce a comparable yield to convertional fertilizers.

•Environmental impact: assess the environmental impact of the two systems by using the Life Cycle Assessment methodology.

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