Preface

AGEC-LCI: AGricultural Emissions Calculator for life cycle inventory

AGEC-LCI is a VBA tool that generates inventory reports of direct field emissions resulting from the application of soil amendments, fertilizers, and metal-based fungicides in agriculture. This tool aims to facilitate modelling the foreground processes of agricultural systems and avoid the potential inconsistent linking between life cycle inventory (LCI) and life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) phases.

About the authors and contributors

Authors Affiliation
Ivan Viveros Santos CIRAIG, Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal
Philippe Roux ITAP, Irstea, Montpellier SupAgro, Elsa Research Group, Chaire ELSA-PACT, Univ Montpellier
Carole Sinfort ELSA Research Group, ITAP, SupAgro, Irstea, Univ Montpellier
Annie Levasseur Department of Construction Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure
Cécile Bulle CIRAIG, ESG UQAM, Strategy, Corporate & Social Responsibility Department
Louise Deschênes CIRAIG, Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal

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Participation at SETAC Europe SciCon virtual meeting

This work was presented at the SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting “Open Science for Enhanced Global Environmental Protection” according to the following details:

Track: 5. Life Cycle Assessment and Foot-Printing

Session: Quantifying life cycle emissions and environmental impacts of agricultural practices related to pesticides and fertilisers

Presentation Title: AGEC-LCI: an open access tool for calculating emissions from fertilizers and metal-based fungicides applications

Presentation Type: Platform

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada grant number [RDCPJ 451916-13] in collaboration with Hydro-Québec and the Société des Alcools du Québec.

Recommended citation

Viveros Santos, I., Roux, P., Bulle, C., Levasseur, A., Deschênes, L.. 2020. AGEC-LCI: an open access tool for calculating emissions from fertilizers and metal-based fungicides applications. SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting. https://iviveros.github.io/agec-lci-tutorial/

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