@article {68, title = {Nutrient losses from manure management in the European Union}, journal = {Lifestock Science}, volume = {112}, year = {2007}, pages = {261-272}, abstract = {Manure management systems are conducive to nutrient and carbon losses, but the magnitude of the loss highly depends on the nutrient element, the manure management system and the environmental conditions. This paper discusses manure management systems in the 27 Member States of the European Union (EU-27) and nutrient losses from these systems, with emphasis on nitrogen (N). In general, losses decrease in the order: C, NNNSNK, Na, Cl, BNP, Ca, Mg, metals. Assessments made with the integrated modeling tool MITERRA-EUROPE indicate that the total N excretion in 2000 by livestock in EU-27 was \~{}10,400 kton. About 65\% of the total N excretion was collected in barns and stored for some time prior to application to agricultural land. Almost 30\% of the N excreted in barns was lost during storage; approximately 19\% via NH3 emissions, 7\% via emissions of NO, N2O and N2, and 4\% via leaching and run-off. Differences between Member States in mean N losses from manure storages were large (range 19.5{\textendash}35\%). Another 19\% of the N excreted in animal housing systems was lost via NH3 emissions following the application of the manure to land. The results indicate that maximally 52\% of the N excreted in barns was effectively recycled as plant nutrient. Various emission abatement measures can be implemented and have been implemented already in some Member States to reduce the emissions of NH3 and N2O, and the leaching of N and P. There is scope to reduce NH3 emissions by \~{}30\% relative to the reference year 2000, although the uncertainty in estimated emissions and in the estimated effects of emission abatement measures is relatively large.}, keywords = {EPNB}, author = {Oenema, O and Oudendag, D and Velthof, G. L} } @inbook {Leip2011d, title = {{Integrating nitrogen fluxes at the European scale}}, booktitle = {European Nitrogen Assessment}, year = {2011}, pages = {345{\textendash}376}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press}, organization = {Cambridge University Press}, chapter = {16}, address = {Cambridge, UK}, keywords = {mypublications}, url = {http://www.nine-esf.org/ENA-Book}, author = {Leip, Adrian and Achermann, Beat and Billen, Gilles and Bleeker, Albert and Bouwman, Alexander F and De Vries, Wim and Dragosits, Ulli and D{\"o}ring, Ulrike and Fernall, Dave and Geupel, Markus and Heldstab, J{\"u}rg and Johnes, Penny and Le Gall, Anne Christine and Monni, Suvi and Neve{\v c}e{\v r}al, Rostislav and Orlandini, Lorenzo and Prud{\textquoteright}homme, Michel and Reuter, Hannes I and Simpson, David and Seufert, G{\"u}nther and Spranger, Till and Sutton, Mark A. and van Aardenne, John and Vo{\ss}, Maren and Winiwarter, Wilfried}, editor = {Sutton, Mark and Howard, Clare and Erisman, Jan Willem and Billen, Gilles and Bleeker, Albert and van Grinsven, Hans and Grennfelt, Peringe and Grizzetti, Bruna} } @article {Sutton2011a, title = {{Too much of a good thing.}}, journal = {Nature}, volume = {472}, number = {7342}, year = {2011}, month = {apr}, pages = {159{\textendash}61}, keywords = {agriculture, Agriculture: economics, Animals, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Diet, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Pollution: adverse effects, Environmental Pollution: analysis, Environmental Pollution: economics, Environmental Pollution: statistics {\&} numerical da, Fertilizers, Fertilizers: analysis, Food Supply, Fossil Fuels, Humans, International Cooperation, Meat, Meat: utilization, nitrogen, Nitrogen Fixation, Nitrogen: adverse effects, Nitrogen: analysis, Nitrogen: economics, Nitrogen: metabolism, Reactive Nitrogen Species, Reactive Nitrogen Species: adverse effects, Reactive Nitrogen Species: analysis, Reactive Nitrogen Species: chemistry, Reactive Nitrogen Species: metabolism}, issn = {1476-4687}, doi = {10.1038/472159a}, url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21478874}, author = {Sutton, Mark A. and Oenema, Oene and Erisman, Jan Willem and Leip, Adrian and van Grinsven, Hans and Winiwarter, Wilfried} } @article {Westhoek2014, title = {{Food choices, health and environment: Effects of cutting Europe{\textquoteright}s meat and dairy intake}}, journal = {Global Environmental Change}, volume = {26}, number = {1}, year = {2014}, month = {mar}, pages = {196{\textendash}205}, publisher = {Elsevier Ltd}, abstract = {Western diets are characterised by a high intake of meat, dairy products and eggs, causing an intake of saturated fat and red meat in quantities that exceed dietary recommendations. The associated livestock production requires large areas of land and lead to high nitrogen and greenhouse gas emission levels. Although several studies have examined the potential impact of dietary changes on greenhouse gas emissions and land use, those on health, the agricultural system and other environmental aspects (such as nitrogen emissions) have only been studied to a limited extent. By using biophysical models and methods, we examined the large-scale consequences in the European Union of replacing 25-50{\%} of animal-derived foods with plant-based foods on a dietary energy basis, assuming corresponding changes in production. We tested the effects of these alternative diets and found that halving the consumption of meat, dairy products and eggs in the European Union would achieve a 40{\%} reduction in nitrogen emissions, 25-40{\%} reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and 23{\%} per capita less use of cropland for food production. In addition, the dietary changes would also lower health risks. The European Union would become a net exporter of cereals, while the use of soymeal would be reduced by 75{\%}. The nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of the food system would increase from the current 18{\%} to between 41{\%} and 47{\%}, depending on choices made regarding land use. As agriculture is the major source of nitrogen pollution, this is expected to result in a significant improvement in both air and water quality in the EU. The resulting 40{\%} reduction in the intake of saturated fat would lead to a reduction in cardiovascular mortality. These diet-led changes in food production patterns would have a large economic impact on livestock farmers and associated supply-chain actors, such as the feed industry and meat-processing sector. {\textcopyright} 2014 The Authors.}, keywords = {Dietary change, Greenhouse gas emissions, Human diet, Land use, Livestock, Reactive nitrogen}, issn = {09593780}, doi = {10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.02.004}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.02.004 http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0959378014000338}, author = {Westhoek, Henk and Lesschen, J.P. Jan Peter and Rood, Trudy and Wagner, Susanne and De Marco, Alessandra and Murphy-bokern, Donal and Leip, Adrian and van Grinsven, Hans and Sutton, Mark A. and Oenema, Oene} } @article {Zurek2018, title = {{Assessing Sustainable Food and Nutrition Security of the EU Food System {\textemdash} An Integrated Approach}}, journal = {Sustainability}, volume = {10}, number = {11}, year = {2018}, pages = {4271}, doi = {10.3390/su10114271}, author = {Zurek, Monika and Hebinck, Aniek and Leip, Adrian and Vervoort, Joost and Kuiper, Marijke and Garrone, Maria and Havlik, Petr and Heckelei, Thomas and Hornborg, Sara and Ingram, John and Kuijsten, Anneleen and Shutes, Lindsay and Geleijnse, Johanna M and Terluin, Ida and van{\textquoteright}t Veer, Pieter and Wijnands, Jo and Zimmermann, Andrea and Achterbosch, Thom J. and Havl, Petr} } @article {Parodi2018a, title = {{The potential of future foods for sustainable and healthy diets}}, journal = {Nature Sustainability}, volume = {1}, number = {12}, year = {2018}, pages = {782{\textendash}789}, publisher = {Springer US}, abstract = {Altering diets is increasingly acknowledged as an important solution to feed the world{\textquoteright}s growing population within the planetary boundaries. In our search for a planet-friendly diet, the main focus has been on eating more plant-source foods, and eating no or less animal-source foods, while the potential of future foods, such as insects, seaweed or cultured meat has been underexplored. Here we show that compared to current animal-source foods, future foods have major environmental benefits while safeguarding the intake of essential micronutrients. The complete array of essential nutrients in the mixture of future foods makes them good-quality alternatives for current animal-source foods compared to plant-source foods. Moreover, future foods are land-efficient alternatives for animal-source foods, and if produced with renewable energy, they also offer greenhouse gas benefits. Further research on nutrient bioavailability and digestibility, food safety, production costs and consumer acceptance will determine their role as main food sources in future diets.}, issn = {23989629}, doi = {10.1038/s41893-018-0189-7}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0189-7 http://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0189-7}, author = {Parodi, Alejandro and Leip, Adrian and De Boer, I. J.M. M. and Slegers, P. M. and Ziegler, F. and Temme, E. H.M. M. and Herrero, M. and Tuomisto, Hanna L. and Valin, H. and Van Middelaar, C. E. and Van Loon, J. J.A. A. and van Zanten, Hannah H. E.} } @article {Vanham2019a, title = {{Environmental footprint family to address local to planetary sustainability and deliver on the SDGs}}, journal = {Science of The Total Environment}, volume = {693}, number = {June}, year = {2019}, month = {jul}, pages = {133642}, publisher = {Elsevier B.V}, abstract = {The number of publications on environmental footprint indicators has been growing rapidly, but with limited efforts to integrate different footprints into a coherent framework. Such integration is important for comprehensive understanding of environmental issues, policy formulation and assessment of trade-offs between different environmental concerns. Here, we systematize published footprint studies and define a family of footprints that can be used for the assessment of environmental sustainability. We identify overlaps between different footprints and analyse how they relate to the nine planetary boundaries and visualize the crucial information they provide for local and planetary sustainability. In addition, we assess how the footprint family delivers on measuring progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), considering its ability to quantify environmental pressures along the supply chain and relating them to the water-energy-food-ecosystem (WEFE) nexus and ecosystem services. We argue that the footprint family is a flexible framework where particular members can be included or excluded according to the context or area of concern. Our paper is based upon a recent workshop bringing together global leading experts on existing environmental footprint indicators.}, keywords = {Environmental footprint, Environmental footprint assessment, Family, Footprint, Footprint family, Planetary boundaries}, issn = {00489697}, doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133642}, url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969719335673 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133642}, author = {Vanham, Davy and Leip, Adrian and Galli, Alessandro and Kastner, Thomas and Bruckner, Martin and Uwizeye, Aimable and van Dijk, Kimo and Ercin, Ertug and Dalin, Carole and Brand{\~a}o, Miguel and Bastianoni, Simone and Fang, Kai and Leach, Allison M. and Chapagain, Ashok and Van der Velde, Marijn and Sala, Serenella and Pant, Rana and Mancini, Lucia and Monforti-Ferrario, Fabio and Carmona-Garcia, Gema and Marques, Alexandra and Weiss, Franz and Hoekstra, Arjen Y.} } @article {AdrianLeip, title = {{The value of manure - manure as co-product in life cycle assessment}}, journal = {Journal of Environmental Management}, volume = {241}, number = {March}, year = {2019}, month = {jul}, pages = {293{\textendash}304}, publisher = {Elsevier}, keywords = {Allocation, Fertilizer, Life cycle assessment, Livestock supply chains, Manure, Nutrients}, issn = {03014797}, doi = {10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.059}, url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0301479719303627}, author = {Leip, Adrian and Ledgart, Stewart and Uwizeye, Aimable and Palhares, Julio C.P. and Aller, Fernanda and Amon, Barbara and Binder, Michael and Cordovil, Claudia M.d.S. and Dong, Hongming and Fusi, Alessandra and Helin, Janne and H{\"o}rtenhuber, Stefan and Hristov, Alexander N. and Koelsch, Richard and Liu, Chunjiang and Masso, Cargele and Nkongolo, Nsalambi V. and Patra, Amlan K. and Redding, Matthew R. and Rufino, Mariana C. and Sakrabani, Ruben and Thoma, Greg and Vert{\`e}s, Fran{\c c}oise and Wang, Ying and Ledgard, Stewart and Uwizeye, Aimable and Palhares, Julio C.P. and Aller, M. Fernanda and Amon, Barbara and Binder, Michael and Cordovil, Claudia M.d.S. and De Camillis, Camillo and Dong, Hongming and Fusi, Alessandra and Helin, Janne and H{\"o}rtenhuber, Stefan and Hristov, Alexander N. and Koelsch, Richard and Liu, Chunjiang and Masso, Cargele and Nkongolo, Nsalambi V. and Patra, Amlan K. and Redding, Matthew R. and Rufino, Mariana C. and Sakrabani, Ruben and Thoma, Greg and Vert{\`e}s, Fran{\c c}oise and Wang, Ying} } @article {Vanham2020, title = {{Sustainable food system policies need to address environmental pressures and impacts: The example of water use and water stress}}, journal = {Science of The Total Environment}, volume = {730}, year = {2020}, month = {aug}, pages = {139151}, publisher = {The Authors}, keywords = {EU, Food system, Policy, Sustainable, Water stress, Water use}, issn = {00489697}, doi = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139151}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139151 https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969720326681 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.183135}, author = {Vanham, Davy and Leip, Adrian} }