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This study was proposed to estimate the carbon footprint (CF) and analyze the environmental hotspot of pineapple cultivation and canned pineapple production, and offer opportunities to reduce its CF. The studied cultivation area covered 158 ha, divided into small, medium-sized, and large farms. Input data including organic fertilizer, synthetic fer...
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... This systematic literature review aims to provide an overview of the current state of knowledge on the environmental impacts of canned pineapple production. The review focuses on studies published in peer-reviewed journals between 2000 and 2022 and assesses the greenhouse gas emissions, acidification, and eutrophication potential associated with the production of canned pineapple (Usubharatana & Phungrassami, 2017). ...
A systematic literature review was conducted to assess the current state of knowledge on the environmental impacts of canned pineapple production. The review included studies published in peer-reviewed journals between 2000 and 2022, and focused on the assessment of greenhouse gas emissions, acidification, and eutrophication potential associated with the production of canned pineapple. The results of the review suggest that canned pineapple production has significant environmental impacts, particularly in terms of greenhouse gas emissions, which are mainly associated with energy use and transportation. However, the review also identified several strategies that can be implemented to reduce the environmental impacts of canned pineapple production, such as using renewable energy sources and optimizing transportation routes. The review concludes that further research is needed to fully understand the environmental impacts of canned pineapple production and to develop effective strategies for reducing these impacts.
... Life cycle assessment (LCA), an environmental management tool, is generally employed in identifying and quantifying material and energy usage and associated environmental impacts throughout a product's life cycle. Examples of LCA studies on the agricultural sector in Thailand are: an assessment of environmental impacts of Thai jasmine rice focusing on climate change, water use and biodiversity impacts (Mungkung et al., 2019), an evaluation of carbon footprint of pineapple production in central Thailand (Usubharatana and Phungrassami, 2017), and a study of LCA of pineapple production in northern Thailand (Oonkasem et al., 2019). An improved approach to assessing agricultural sustainability that incorporates environmental and economic performance, known as eco-efficiency (EE), has been introduced. ...
Considering the growing commitment of countries to sustainable agriculture, an integrated approach that considers environmental and economic performance or eco-efficiency (EE) was applied to compare two different farming systems of two pineapple cultivars, Nanglae and Phulae, produced in the northern region of Thailand. Environmental performance was assessed based on a life cycle approach. Thus, the total environmental load expressed as a single score was quantified and used as an environmental indicator of EE. Results showed that the integrated farming system of pineapple production was more sustainable than the conventional farming practice. The results of EE were then incorporated into a sustainable farm model to identify an optimal farm plan that corresponds to an objective function under available resources and constraints. In the model, income risk in terms of the variability of selling price was considered as a key factor in farmers' decision making. To maximize income and EE, the model suggested growing Phulae pineapple through integrated farming in an entire farm area to achieve the defined objective functions. However, considering risk, a new risk-efficient farm plan was recommended by replacing part of the area of the integrated Phulae with the integrated Nanglae. Diversification is an effective risk-reducing technique as a combination between the integrated Nanglae and integrated Phulae that have negative co-variances can help to stabilize farm income by lowering aggregate risk.
... In the literature consulted, there are various studies on the LCA of pineapple with different valorization methods; their main impact categories are GHG emissions, water, and energy consumption [16,17]. Besides including the production impact categories, Usubharatana and Phungrassami [18], and Frankowska, Jeswani, and Azapagic [19], include pineapple (Cayena Lisa) packed in syrup, accounting for the use of organic and synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, and fossil fuels. It was found that fertilization contributes up to 79% of the carbon footprint from the agricultural stage, while fuel, chemical products, and packaging for the industrial phase contribute 42% of CO 2 eq. ...
... Figure 6 shows the comparison of the results of the carbon and water footprints in the agricultural stage from the literature to the current LCA for the production of 1 kg of fresh pineapple. Usubharatana and Phungrassami [18] quantified a low value in the carbon footprint (0.172 kg of CO 2 eq.). This could be because bioorganic fertilizers were used in their process. ...
... Nazri [55] reported a share of 45.7% as a result of the consumption of fertilizers from the fruit cultivation stage, which is a value close to that shown in the current LCA. Figure 6 shows the comparison of the results of the carbon and water footprints in the agricultural stage from the literature to the current LCA for the production of 1 kg of fresh pineapple. Usubharatana and Phungrassami [18] quantified a low value in the carbon footprint (0.172 kg of CO2 eq.). This could be because bioorganic fertilizers were used in their process. ...
In this research, environmental impacts associated with the harvest and processing of pineapple (fresh-packed, in syrup, and dehydrated) were determined using the life cycle assessment (LCA) tool and specialized software SimaPro® (version 8.4), according to ISO14040:2006 and ISO14044:2006 standards. The information used to develop inventory included field interviews and industrial visits within the study area. The functional unit was defined as one kilogram of fruit. The selected impact categories were carbon footprint, water footprint, and energy footprint; the results obtained for the agronomic stage were 0.47 kg CO2 eq (equivalent), 78 L of water, and 9.09 MJ, respectively. The growth stage of the pineapple plant was found to be the one that generates greatest environmental impacts for all three categories. For packaged fruit, 0.58 kg CO2 eq, 82 L of water, and 11.03 MJ were quantified; for pineapples in syrup it was 1.12 kg CO2 eq, 103 L of water, and 19.28 MJ; and for dehydrated fruit, it was 5.12 kg CO2 eq, 782 L of water and 97.04 MJ. This concludes that the most significant environmental impact occurred in all cases during the pineapple cultivation stage.
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Fertilization of vitroplants in the acclimatization stage is vital to achieve a good plants adaptation to different conditions of in vitro culture. The pineapple that has a period of acclimatization of 5 months can diminish the same if new variants of fertilization are applied more efficient so this work has as aim to evaluate the effect of five packages of foliar fertilization on morpho-physiological variables of plants Micropropagated pineapples (Ananas comosus var. comosus) MD-2 during the acclimatization phase. Four new fertilization variants were designed based on products obtained from the Meristem and Inagrosa firms. Three variants of the firm Meristem, a variant of the firm Inagrosa, were designed and compared with the established procedure for fertilization of the pineapple (control). Morphological and physiological variables were evaluated: fresh and dry mass of the plant (g), plant length (cm), number of leaves, fresh and dry mass of "D" leaf (g), "D" Leaf length and width (cm), number of roots, length of major root (cm), fresh and dry mass of root (g), fresh and dry mass of leaf "D" (g) and with respect to area (g cm-2), water content (%) and survival percentage (%). The results showed that variants 1 and 3 of Meristem achieved better development of pineapple plants in the five months of acclimatization compared to the control treatment and with the other variants applied. The best results are reached in the variables length, fresh and dry mass of the plant, D" leaf length and width and fresh and dry mass of roots.
