Wheat interchanges in Europe: Transport optimization reduces emissions |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Koetilantie 5, P.O. Box 28, FI-00014, Finland;2. LUKE Natural Resources Institute Finland, Vakolantie 55, FI-03400, Vihti, Finland;1. Department of the Environment, States of Jersey, Howard Davis Farm, Trinity, Jersey, JE3 5JP, Channel Islands;2. Environment Department, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5DD, United Kingdom;1. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, 7001 Australia;2. University of New South Wales, Kensington, 2052 Australia;3. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, BP D5, 98848 Noumea, New Caledonia;4. AZTI Tecnalia, Herrera Kaia Portuldea z/g, Pasaia, Gipuzkoa 20110, Spain;1. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Erlangen, Germany;2. Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany;3. Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;4. Department II of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Rheumatology, Diabetes, and General Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany;5. Chair of Medical Informatics, Department of Medical Informatics, Biometrics, and Epidemiology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Numerous Life Cycle Analysis of bread pointed out that wheat production and transportation have important impacts on the environment. But wheat is grown all around the world and it is not always consumed where it is produced. In this paper an analysis of the wheat movements around Europe is done, taking special attention on the Spanish situation. An optimization of wheat exchanges is done eliminating the import–export overlapping. This optimization entails a reduction of the number of trips by 34% and the CO2 emissions reduction due to transportation is calculated to be 121.175 tones. Consequently less trips, fewer trucks, less traffic and lower emissions that brings economic, social and environmental benefits. |
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| Keywords: | Wheat Trades Optimization Emissions Environment |
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