Economia circular e pegada de carbono das práticas conservacionistas na cafeicultura

Abstract

Evidence shows that agricultural production systems are not yet environmentally sustainable and that the management of agro-industrial chains has been dominated by a linear production model. To break with this model, the circular economy seeks to improve material and energy flows within a production chain, with the premise of reducing the risk of depletion of natural resources and the increase in commodity prices. In this sense, the circular economy develops and adapts products so that, instead of being discarded, they can be reused and reintroduced into the system, eliminating or reducing the need to extract new inputs. However, there is no consensus in the scientific literature on how to align the different circular economy activities that companies implement. Therefore, in order to assess the circularity of a sector or chain, it is necessary to have a systemic view of the product life cycle. In this way, this thesis has as general objective to highlight the characteristics related to a circular economy within a system of conservationist multipractices through the use of the methodology of Life Cycle Assessment.For this purpose, the commercial coffee crops of the company AP, Piumhi -MG, which use different management for soil protection, called conservationist multipractices system, example of conservationist practice, will be analyzed