Towards sustainable food production and climate change mitigation: an attributional life cycle assessment comparing industrial and basalt rock dust fertilisers
dc.contributor.author | Oppon, E | |
dc.contributor.author | Koh, SCL | |
dc.contributor.author | Eufrasio, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Nabayiga, H | |
dc.contributor.author | Donkor, F | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-07-24T07:23:44Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023-07-18 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-07-22T07:54:10Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose Food production is set to double by 2050 to feed the increasing world population. This poses a global challenge to minimise environmental impacts from intensified production and use of chemical fertilisers. The study investigates whether basalt rock dust fertiliser can be an environmentally sustainable close substitute to expensive conventional rock-derived P and K fertilisers. Method The study uses the attributional life cycle assessment method to estimate and compare 15 environmental impacts between basalt rock dust fertiliser, a potential source of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), and five widely used industrial P and K fertilisers. In addition, we model hypothetical basalt substitution rates for PK fertilisers to highlight potential ecological savings in terms of carbon capture. Results Basalt rock dust fertiliser has minimal embodied environmental impacts across all 15 impact categories, including global warming, compared to industrial P and K fertilisers. Conclusion Our results suggest that transitioning to milled basalt as a natural geo-fertiliser to support food production may help address several UN Sustainable Development Goals such as ‘Responsible consumption and production’ and ‘Climate Action and Zero Hunger’. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 18 July 2023 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02196-4 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/133640 | |
dc.identifier | ORCID: 0000-0002-5959-3221 (Oppon, Eunice) | |
dc.identifier | ScopusID: 57192542864 (Oppon, Eunice) | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Springer | en_GB |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2023. Open access. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | Life cycle assessment | en_GB |
dc.subject | Environmental impact | en_GB |
dc.subject | Fertilisers | en_GB |
dc.subject | Basalt | en_GB |
dc.subject | Climate change mitigation | en_GB |
dc.subject | Sustainability | en_GB |
dc.title | Towards sustainable food production and climate change mitigation: an attributional life cycle assessment comparing industrial and basalt rock dust fertilisers | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2023-07-24T07:23:44Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0948-3349 | |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Springer via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.description | Data availability: The data supporting the findings of this study are available in the manuscript and its supporting analysis. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1614-7502 | |
dc.identifier.journal | The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | en_GB |
dc.relation.ispartof | The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2023-06-16 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2023-07-18 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2023-07-24T07:22:02Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2023-07-24T07:24:22Z | |
refterms.panel | C | en_GB |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2023-07-18 |
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