RESOURCE USE IN A LOW-INPUT ORGANIC VEGETABLE FOOD SUPPLY SYSTEM IN UK - A CASE STUDY (original) (raw)

Østergård, Hanne; Markussen, Mads Ville; Kullak, Michal; Nemecek, Thomas and Smith, Laurence (2014) RESOURCE USE IN A LOW-INPUT ORGANIC VEGETABLE FOOD SUPPLY SYSTEM IN UK - A CASE STUDY. In:Rahmann, G. and Aksoy, U. (Eds.)Building Organic Bridges, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Braunschweig, Germany, 1, Thuenen Report, no. 20, pp. 215-218.

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Summary in the original language of the document

Use of local renewable resources in a low-input organic vegetable food supply system in UK is evaluated against the use of imported resources in the same system. Despite much focus by the farmer on low-input, the production and distribution system is only supported by 13% local renewable resources based on an emergy assessment. Future sustainability of such systems are discussed.

EPrint Type: Conference paper, poster, etc.
Type of presentation: Paper
Keywords: Vegetable products; emergy assessment; renewable resources; Fossil fuel
Agrovoc keywords: EnglishVegetable productshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_13438Englishemergy assessmentUNSPECIFIEDEnglishRenewable resourceshttp://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c\_6502Englishfossil fuelUNSPECIFIED
Subjects: Crop husbandry > Production systems Farming Systems Food systems > Recycling, balancing and resource management Crop husbandry > Production systems > Vegetables Food systems > Policy environments and social economy
Research affiliation: Denmark > DTU - Technical University of Denmark International Conferences > 2014: 18th IFOAM OWC Scientific Track: 4th ISOFAR Scientific Conference
Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: 245058
ISBN: 978-3-86576-128-6
DOI: 10.3220/REP_20_1_2014
Deposited By: Østergård, Professor Hanne
ID Code: 24083
Deposited On: 31 Oct 2014 13:09
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2014 13:09
Document Language: English
Status: Published
Refereed: Peer-reviewed and accepted
Additional Publishing Information: urn:nbn:de:gbv:253-201407-dn053621-1

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