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Fig. 4 Vaiano Valle area consistency before the OpenAgri project
• Design scenario: all the foreseen agricultural enterprises, considering the current
drawbacks of the project (e.g., lack of water) and B10 retrofit;
• Ideal scenario: similar to design scenario but with all the needed resources (e.g.,
water);
• Optimal scenario: as ideal scenario but with an optimization of food chain management and all Cascina Nosedo buildings retrofitted.
The different scenarios have been compared to each other and to a ‘Scenario
Zero’, i.e. referring to a different and more impactful agricultural use of the area.
The different food chains implemented in the framework of the project are investigated in order to evaluate the fossil cumulative energy demand (CED) and the global
warming potential (GWP) throughout the different steps of the productive chain. To
that end, LCA-based methods and tools and the relative datasets are studied, also
taking into account the outlines of the previous experiences in local institutional
catering (Caputo et al. 2017a).
In the frame of the UIA-OpenAgri project, an assessment of food production and,
for some pilot foodchains, of its transformation and distribution are carried out with
the additional aim of evaluating the relating environmental impact per equivalent
hectare of the area, as to be comparable with other projects.
Potentially, other investigations could focus on: the potential quantity of biomass
recovered by pruning urban trees; the needed water flow for land irrigation; the
achievable share of organic food produced for the final users.
P. Caputo et al.
Fig. 4 Vaiano Valle area consistency before the OpenAgri project
• Design scenario: all the foreseen agricultural enterprises, considering the current
drawbacks of the project (e.g., lack of water) and B10 retrofit;
• Ideal scenario: similar to design scenario but with all the needed resources (e.g.,
water);
• Optimal scenario: as ideal scenario but with an optimization of food chain management and all Cascina Nosedo buildings retrofitted.
The different scenarios have been compared to each other and to a ‘Scenario
Zero’, i.e. referring to a different and more impactful agricultural use of the area.
The different food chains implemented in the framework of the project are investigated in order to evaluate the fossil cumulative energy demand (CED) and the global
warming potential (GWP) throughout the different steps of the productive chain. To
that end, LCA-based methods and tools and the relative datasets are studied, also
taking into account the outlines of the previous experiences in local institutional
catering (Caputo et al. 2017a).
In the frame of the UIA-OpenAgri project, an assessment of food production and,
for some pilot foodchains, of its transformation and distribution are carried out with
the additional aim of evaluating the relating environmental impact per equivalent
hectare of the area, as to be comparable with other projects.
Potentially, other investigations could focus on: the potential quantity of biomass
recovered by pruning urban trees; the needed water flow for land irrigation; the
achievable share of organic food produced for the final users.