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ecuador’s banana sector under climate change: an economic and biophysical assessment to promote a sustainable and climate-compatible strategy
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2,0 1,5
1,12
1,0 0,5 0,0
Source: Authors’ calculations
Luske (2010)
Svanes I (2012)
Svanes II (2012)
Lescot BI (212)
Lescot BII (2012)
Lescot C (2012)
This study
Carbon footprint results of banana value chains, reported by several authors
1,77 1,37
0,65
Eitner I (2012)
0,70
Eitner II (2012)
0,93
0,69
1,25 0,65
tonne CO2eq/tonne banana
tonne CO2eq/tonne banana
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Distribution between cultivation and packaging at banana farms
Farm Luske (2019)
Cultivation 0.14 Packaging 0.10 Total 0.24
Svanes (2012)
0.22 0.08 0.30
Eitner Eitner (2012) (2012) ORG CONV
0.11 0.35 0.14 0.10 0.25 0.45
Lescot (2012) B I
0.27 0.09 0.36
Lescot Lescot This This (2012) (2012) study study B II C (2013) (2013)
ORG CONV
0.29 0.19 0.17 0.23 0.10 0.11 0.08 0.08 0.39 0.30 0.25 0.31
Plantation Overseas transport
Packaging
Rest of systems
Consumption
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0,35 0,30 0,25 0,20 0,15 0,10 0,05 0,00
Source: Authors’ calculations
Source: Authors’ calculations
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Individual contributors to the average carbon footprint of Ecuador’s organic and conventional bananas
Organic Fossil fuels
Recycling of plastic crop protec. items Pesticides
Fertilizers
Fertilizer and pesticide transport
Conventional Fossil CO2 direct emmissions
Recycling of plastic crop protection items Oil (Pesticide blending and cableway) N2O direct emissions
Packaging
Destination port to ripening transport (T5)