Overview
Key facts
Evaluation of the sustainability of agricultural products requires a holistic method of assessment such as the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and not just the carbon footprint. Agriculture has some specific features that contrast with other areas of environmental appraisal, e.g. long term effects in the soil, large variability of soil born emissions, interactions between animal performance, diet and soil type. This course will provide the basis for an LCA practitioner to carry out an exhaustive, scientifically sound and complete LCA of agricultural systems.
Cranfield University's Agricultural Lifecycle Analysis - more than just the carbon footprint programme will teach you more about this topic.
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Principles of LDA
- LCA vs carbon footprint
- Agricultural systems and how they differ from other subject areas
- Systems models vs empirical sources of input data
- Data sources and quality
- Crop models as inputs
- Animal models as inputs
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 2 days
Start dates & application deadlines
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Disciplines
Agriculture View 61 other Short Courses in Agriculture in United KingdomAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Agricultural consultants involved with agricultural environmental assessment
- LCA practitioners who want agricultural insight Policy, R&D and technical agri-food staff who need to understand sustainability assessment of agricultural systems
- Good knowledge of some areas of LCA, agriculture or environmental science essential
- Confidence in using quantitative methods desirable.
Tuition Fee
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International
580 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 580 GBP for the full programme during 2 days. -
National
580 GBP/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 580 GBP for the full programme during 2 days.
Living costs for Cranfield
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.