Dr. Thomas Nemecek

Agroscope

Dr. Thomas Nemecek (Agroscope, Switzerland) is an expert in LCA of agri-food systems. His main focus are environmental impacts of agricultural production systems, food supply, nutrition, and food systems.

Presentation: Life Cycle Assessment in the agri-food sector: lessons learnt and challenges

Key Points:
• Overview of LCA, differences to footprinting methods
• Key findings regarding environmental impacts of food
• Mitigation options for environmental impacts of food
• Challenges for LCA in the agri-food sector
• Link to nutrition, nutritional LCA