“Strategic Problems of Agribusiness Development and Environmental Burden in Light of Life Cycle Analysis in Hungary”

AbstractHungary, based on former Soviet Union market had had a relatively developed agro-food sector before the system –change up to the eighties of last century. In our days this system has collapsed, and the Hungarian agro-food complex can be characterised by extensive arable-crops production. There are numerous plans to develop the agriculture and food sector. The one emphasises the importance of energy –crop production. Another approach is based on intensive production, establishment of local food supply, and short food supply systems. Ecologic consequences of these strategies are analysed by life cycle approach, based on combined application of different open-source LCA software. Different solutions of packaging can we compare by OpenLCA software