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LCA Food 2012 in Saint Malo, France! - Manifestations et colloques ...

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GROUP 1, SESSION A: ANIMAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS 8 th Int. Conference on <strong>LCA</strong> <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Agri-<strong>Food</strong> Sector, 1-4 Oct <strong>2012</strong><br />

13. L<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g environmental impact of milk production to the territory:<br />

the Qualaiter project<br />

Michaël Mathot 1,* , Michael S. Corson 2,3 , Didier Stilmant 1<br />

1 Farm<strong>in</strong>g Systems, Territory and Information Technologies Unit, Walloon Agricultural Research Center, rue<br />

du Serpont 100, B-6800 Libramont, Belgium, 2 INRA, UMR 1069, Sol, Agro- <strong>et</strong> hydrosystème Spatialisation,<br />

F-35000, Rennes, <strong>France</strong>, 3 Agrocampus Ouest, F-35000, Rennes, <strong>France</strong>, Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author. Email:<br />

m.mathot@cra.wallonie.be<br />

For the last decade, animal productions have been strongly criticised for their environmental impact. However,<br />

with<strong>in</strong> a given food cha<strong>in</strong> large impact variations b<strong>et</strong>ween different systems of production are highlighted<br />

at world (FAO, 2010) or at regional scale (Casey <strong>et</strong> al.,2006). Variations that are worthwhile to explore.<br />

Therefore the Qualaiter project aims to quantify environmental impact of milk production us<strong>in</strong>g <strong>LCA</strong><br />

approach, through the adaptation of EDEN m<strong>et</strong>hodology (Van der Werf <strong>et</strong> al., 2009) to the Belgian (Walloon)<br />

context, <strong>in</strong> l<strong>in</strong>k to territorial diversity recorded with<strong>in</strong> Walloon area. This diversity, related to climate,<br />

geological and historical conditions, leads to associated agricultural practices diversity that potentially <strong>in</strong>fluence<br />

the environmental impact of the production systems. In order to discrim<strong>in</strong>ate the territorial from the<br />

management role on the environmental impact of dairy farms we identify three farms types that could be<br />

found <strong>in</strong> three contrasted area to compare their environmental performances.<br />

References<br />

Casey, J.W., Holden, M.N., 2006. Quantification of GHG emissions from sucker-beef production <strong>in</strong> Ireland.<br />

Agricultural Systems 90, 79-98.<br />

FAO, 2010. Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the dairy Sector. A Life Cycle Assessment. <strong>Food</strong> and Agricultural<br />

Organization of the United Nations. Animal Production and Health Division. 94 p.<br />

Van der Werf, H. M. G., Kanyarushoki C., Corson M. S., 2009. An operational m<strong>et</strong>hod for the evaluation of<br />

resource use and environmental impacts of dairy farms by life cycle assessment. Journal of Environmental<br />

Management 90, 3643-3652.<br />

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