During his/her PhD studies, Andreas Jensen researched life cycle assessment of organic vegetable production in Denmark. A life cycle assessment investigates the whole production chain in order to estimate environmental impacts, and identify where sustainability can be improved. Andreas Jensen have identified the main sources of impact from organic vegetable production, and evaluated the influence of different production choices. Furthermore, he has identified and discussed current limitation for life cycle assessment of organic vegetables.

The research findings contribute to determine the main impacts of organic vegetable production, and contribute to improving the sustainability of production by identifying the potential for improvement.

The PhD study was completed at Department of Agroecology, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University.

This summary was prepared by the PhD student.

Time: Thursday, 17 August 2023 at 10:00.
Place: 8814-3075, Auditorium, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele
Title of PhD thesis: Environmental life cycle assessment of Danish organic vegetables

Contact information: Andreas Jensen, e-mail: andreasj@agro.au.dk, tel.: +45 40787635

Members of the assessment committee:
R&I Manager Ulf Sonneson, Sustainable Food Systems, RISE Research Institute of Sweden, Sweden

Associate professor David Styles, School of Engineering, University of Limerick, Ireland

Associate professor Lars Elsgaard (chair), Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

Main supervisor:
Associate Professor Lisbeth Mogensen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

Co-supervisor:
Senior researcher Marie Trydeman Knudsen, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark

Language: The PhD dissertation will be defended in English

The defence is public.
The PhD thesis is available for reading at the Graduate School of Technical Sciences/GSTS,

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