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

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...

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Published in:	Food and energy security Vol. 12; no. 4; pp. e480 - n/a
Main Authors:	McAuliffe, G. A., Takahashi, T., Lee, M. R. F., Jebari, A., Cardenas, L., Kumar, A., Pereyra‐Goday, F., Scalabrino, H., Collins, A. L.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01-07-2023 John Wiley and Sons Inc Wiley
Subjects:	Agribusiness Agricultural production Agricultural research Agriculture Agrochemicals Amino acids Arable land Beef Biochemistry Dietary minerals Ecological footprint environmental footprints Farms Fatty acids Fertilizers Food Food chains Food Security Food supply food systems Foods Footprinting Grasslands High resolution Human nutrition Life cycle Life cycle analysis Life cycle assessment Life cycles Livestock net zero Nutrients Nutrition Nutrition research nutritional science Proteins Research facilities Supply chains sustainability synthesis synthesis environmental footprints nutritional science sustainability food systems net zero
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Summary:	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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ISSN:	2048-3694 2048-3694
DOI:	10.1002/fes3.480