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0.300
0.250
0.200
0.150
fertilizers
0.100
0.050
0.000
conventional
organic
conventional
organic
WHEAT
RYE
Figure 5.
Production of CO
2
e/kg of grain from fertilizers during growing of wheat and rye in organic and convention‐
al system of farming
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
transport
processing
agriculture
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
regional
imported
regional
imported
conventional bread
ecological bread
Figure 6. Emission load of bread (in kg CO
2
e per 1 kg of bread) [39]
Figure 6.
Emission load of bread (in kg CO
2
e per 1 kg of bread) [39]
In addition to the agricultural production, also other processes such as processing or transport
may be incorporated within the framework of the LCA analysis. While within the livestock
production, the post-farm phase is less important in terms of emissions, for crop production,
