Economic analysis of cropping systems energy balance and LCA of novel cropping systems
Ripplinger, Berti, Aaron Delaporte, postdoc
The full economic analysis of cropping systems will consider environmental impacts that are not-priced by the market. These will include greenhouse gas emissions, acid rain, ecotoxicity, and eutrophication. These impacts will be measured economically by mapping economic costs per unit of impact using data from the literature. Sensitivity analysis will be used to identify thresholds and relative impact of the alternatives. SimaPro software will be used to conduct the Life Cycle Assessment, data from completed project field trials will be used whenever possible.