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Chapter 1 - Life cycle assessment methodology for agriculture: some considerations for best practices: Seyyed Hassan Pishgar-Komleh, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Poland and Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic; Paria Sefeedpari, Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Poland; Nathan Pelletier, University of British Columbia, Canada; and Miguel Brand£o, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden;

1 Introduction

2 Identifying a functional unit

3 Unit processes as the building blocks of LCI

4 Categories of environmental pressures and impacts

5 Conclusion and future trends

6 Abbreviations

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

Chapter 2 - Life cycle analysis and the carbon footprint of coffee value chains: Louis Bockel and Laure-Sophie Schiettecatte, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, Italy;

1 Introduction

2 Life cycle analysis

3 Valuing coffee quality and sustainability

4 Coffee value chain carbon footprint performance

5 Using carbon footprint performances to upgrade coffee value chains

6 Case study: green coffee in Haiti

7 Carbon footprint and green labelling

8 Conclusion

9 Where to look for further information

10 References

Chapter 3 - Life cycle assessments of oil palm products: C©cile Bessou, CIRAD, France; Heinz Stichnothe, Th¼nen Institute of Agricultural Technology, Germany; Amir F. N. Abdul-Manan, Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia; and Shabbir Gheewala, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand;

1 Introduction

2 LCA principles and methodology

3 Results of LCA applied to oil palm products

4 Challenges in building LCA of oil palm products

5 Oil palm LCA improvement tracks

6 Conclusion

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

Chapter 4 - Life cycle assessment of mango systems: Claudine Basset-Mens, Sandra Payen, Henri Vanni¨re, Angela Braun and Yannick Biard, CIRAD, France;

1 Introduction

2 Life cycle assessment

3 LCA of fruits

4 LCA case study: exports of mango from the Rio S£o Francisco Valley in Brazil

5 Environmental challenges

6 Future trends and conclusion

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

Chapter 5 - Life cycle assessment and carbon footprint of banana cultivation: Louis Bockel, Laure-Sophie Schiettecatte and Orane Debrune, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Italy;

1 Introduction

2 Assessing the environmental impact of banana production

3 An integrated socio-economic carbon footprint banana value chain tool

4 Future trends and conclusion

5 Where to look for further information

6 Abbreviations

7 References