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The sustainability of olive orchard planting management for different harvesting techniques: An integrated methodology

Pier Paolo MigliettaAntonio GiallanzaR. SciortinoGiada La ScaliaRosa MicaleTiziano Caruso

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ELECTRE III; Geographical information system; Mechanical harvesting; Olive tree planting; Sensitivity analysisGeographic information system020209 energyStrategy and Management02 engineering and technologyAgricultural engineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringMechanical harvestingOlive tree plantingSettore ING-IND/17 - Impianti Industriali Meccanici0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringProduction (economics)Decision making analysisELECTRE III0505 lawGeneral Environmental ScienceMathematicsOlive oil qualityRenewable Energy Sustainability and the Environmentbusiness.industry05 social sciencesSowingGeographical information systemSustainability050501 criminologyOrchardSensitivity analysisbusinessOlive oil

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Abstract The globalization of the olive oil market has caused greater competitiveness in terms of olive oil quality and production costs and the main countries interested in olive growing, have introduced efficient planting design and horticultural techniques in order to meet these requirements. In this paper the sustainability of olive orchard planting management for different olive fruit-harvesting methods has been assessed on the basis of the data gathered by the Geographic Information System and processed using a Multi-Criteria Decision Making Analysis. In particular, three different agronomic scenarios have been analyzed and a specific cultivar has been considered in order to ensure the comparability of the results obtained. Moreover, a sensitivity analysis to assess the optimal harvesting methods for different agronomic scenarios by varying the olive grove dimension has been conducted. The final aim of this paper is to propose a new approach to discover the best harvesting technique on the basis of the type and the dimension of the olive grove.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-11-01Journal of Cleaner Production
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117989