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Sustainability in Agave tequilana weber farming: A life cycle assessment

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Tequila is a popular alcoholic beverage made from Agave tequilana weber. This study presents a cradle‐to‐gate life cycle assessment (LCA) of the farming process of A. tequilana weber used in tequila production. Real data obtained from plantations at different stages of growth and maturation were used to evaluate the environmental impacts of the four stages of the farming process: land preparation and planting, nutrition, weed and pest control, and harvest and transport. Results showed that the production of one tonne of A. tequilana weber pineapple generates 11.85 kg CO2 eq, with the weed and pest control stages having the highest impact and the nutrition stage having the lowest impact. This study contributes significantly to the current understanding of the environmental impact of tequila production and provides insights into the sustainability of the farming process of A. tequilana weber.

Source: Sustainable Development

DOI: 10.1002/sd.3146

Authors: Adrián Salvador Morales García, Jorge Luis García‐Alcaraz, Julio Blanco Fernández, Eduardo Martínez Cámara

Institutions: Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez, Universidad de La Rioja

Language: English

Topic: Environmental Impact and Sustainability

Subfield: Environmental Engineering

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Zero hunger, Climate action

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología