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https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3712| Publication type: | Book part |
| Type of review: | Editorial review |
| Title: | Assessment of cleantech options to mitigate the environmental impact of South African dairy farming |
| Authors: | Keller, Regula Eymann, Lea Wettstein, Sarah Scharfy, Deborah Stucki, Matthias |
| DOI: | 10.21256/zhaw-3712 |
| Published in: | Designing sustainable technologies, products and policies : from science to innovation |
| Editors of the parent work: | Benetto, Enrico Gericke, Kilian Guiton, Mélanie |
| Issue Date: | 2018 |
| Series: | Life Cycle Management Conference Book |
| Publisher / Ed. Institution: | Springer |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-66981-6 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | LCA; Life Cycle Assessment; Ökobilanz |
| Subject (DDC): | 338.927: Environmental economics and sustainable development 630: Agriculture |
| Abstract: | Milk production in South Africa has increased substantially over the past ten years and is associated with various environmental impacts. These can be reduced by different means, four of which were analysed in this study: choice of breed, the use of methane emission reducing feed additives, solar power as well as variable frequency drive usage in fodder irrigation. The results showed that Holstein cows had a lower impact than Ayrshire cows per litre of milk, but that differences between farms were greater than between breeds alone. The feed additive 3-nitrooxypropanol (3NOP) led to an 18% reduction in the climate change impact category, and did not have negative effects in other categories. Using solar power for irrigation decreased the environmental impact by a larger degree than integrating a variable frequency drive to reduce the electricity demand of the water pump. All four are adequate means of reducing the environmental impact of milk. |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/6140 |
| Fulltext version: | Submitted version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | CC BY 4.0: Attribution 4.0 International |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) |
| Published as part of the ZHAW project: | Applying Life Cycle Assessment for the mitigation of environmental impacts South African agrifood products |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Keller, R., Eymann, L., Wettstein, S., Scharfy, D., & Stucki, M. (2018). Assessment of cleantech options to mitigate the environmental impact of South African dairy farming. In E. Benetto, K. Gericke, & M. Guiton (Eds.), Designing sustainable technologies, products and policies : from science to innovation. Springer. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3712
Keller, R. et al. (2018) ‘Assessment of cleantech options to mitigate the environmental impact of South African dairy farming’, in E. Benetto, K. Gericke, and M. Guiton (eds) Designing sustainable technologies, products and policies : from science to innovation. Springer. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3712.
R. Keller, L. Eymann, S. Wettstein, D. Scharfy, and M. Stucki, “Assessment of cleantech options to mitigate the environmental impact of South African dairy farming,” in Designing sustainable technologies, products and policies : from science to innovation, E. Benetto, K. Gericke, and M. Guiton, Eds. Springer, 2018. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3712.
KELLER, Regula, Lea EYMANN, Sarah WETTSTEIN, Deborah SCHARFY und Matthias STUCKI, 2018. Assessment of cleantech options to mitigate the environmental impact of South African dairy farming. In: Enrico BENETTO, Kilian GERICKE und Mélanie GUITON (Hrsg.), Designing sustainable technologies, products and policies : from science to innovation. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-66981-6
Keller, Regula, Lea Eymann, Sarah Wettstein, Deborah Scharfy, and Matthias Stucki. 2018. “Assessment of Cleantech Options to Mitigate the Environmental Impact of South African Dairy Farming.” In Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies : From Science to Innovation, edited by Enrico Benetto, Kilian Gericke, and Mélanie Guiton. Springer. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3712.
Keller, Regula, et al. “Assessment of Cleantech Options to Mitigate the Environmental Impact of South African Dairy Farming.” Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies : From Science to Innovation, edited by Enrico Benetto et al., Springer, 2018, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3712.
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