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ArticleFood and energy security2023

A commentary on key methodological developments related to nutritional life cycle assessment (nLCA) generated throughout a 6-year strategic scientific programme.

G A McAuliffe, T Takahashi, M R F Lee, A Jebari, L Cardenas, A Kumar, F Pereyra-Goday, H Scalabrino, A L Collins

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G A McAuliffeNet Zero and Resilient Farming Rothamsted Research Okehampton UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6031-1394
T TakahashiNet Zero and Resilient Farming Rothamsted Research Okehampton UK.
M R F LeeHarper Adams University School of Sustainable Food and Farming Newport Shropshire UK.
A JebariNet Zero and Resilient Farming Rothamsted Research Okehampton UK.
L CardenasNet Zero and Resilient Farming Rothamsted Research Okehampton UK.
A KumarNet Zero and Resilient Farming Rothamsted Research Okehampton UK.
F Pereyra-GodayInstituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA) Treinta y Tres Uruguay.
H ScalabrinoUniversity of Normandie ESIX Normandie Agri-food Department Caen France.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9376-7720
A L CollinsNet Zero and Resilient Farming Rothamsted Research Okehampton UK.

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/C/000I0320Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BBS/E/C/000I0330
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Abstract

Rothamsted Research (RRes) is the world's oldest agricultural research centre, notable for the development of the first synthetic fertilizer (superphosphate) and long-term farming experiments (LTEs) spanning over 170 years. In 2015, RRes recruited several life cycle assessment (LCA) experts and began adopting the method to utilize high resolution agronomical data covering livestock (primarily ruminants), grassland/forage productivity and quality, and arable systems established on its North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP) and the LTEs. The NWFP is a UK 'National Bioscience Research Infrastructure' (NBRI) developed for informing and testing systems science utilising high-resolution data to determine whether it is possible to produce nutritious food sustainably. Thanks largely to the multidisciplinary knowledge at RRes, and its collaborators, its LCA Team has been at the forefront of methodological advances during a 6-year Institute Strategic Programme (ISP) 'Soil-to-Nutrition' (S2N). While S2N investigated the co-benefits and trade-offs of new mechanistic understanding of efficient nutrient use across scales from pot to landscape, this commentary specifically synthesizes progress in incorporating human nutrition in the context of environmental footprinting, known as 'nutritional LCA' (nLCA). We conclude our commentary with a brief discussion on future pathways of exploration and methodological developments covering various activities along entire agri-food supply-chains.

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environmental footprintsfood systemsnet zeronutritional sciencesustainabilitysynthesis

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PMCPMC10909514

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