McAuliffe G A, Takahashi T, Lee M R F, Jebari A, Cardenas L, Kumar A, Pereyra-Goday F, Scalabrino H, Collins A L
Net Zero and Resilient Farming Rothamsted Research Okehampton UK.
University of Bristol Bristol Veterinary School Langford Somerset UK.
Food Energy Secur. 2023 Jun 9;12(4):e480. doi: 10.1002/fes3.480. eCollection 2023 Jul.
Rothamsted Research (RRes) is the world's oldest agricultural research centre, notable for the development of the first synthetic fertilizer (superphosphate) and long-term farming experiments (LTEs) spanning over 170 years. In 2015, RRes recruited several life cycle assessment (LCA) experts and began adopting the method to utilize high resolution agronomical data covering livestock (primarily ruminants), grassland/forage productivity and quality, and arable systems established on its North Wyke Farm Platform (NWFP) and the LTEs. The NWFP is a UK 'National Bioscience Research Infrastructure' (NBRI) developed for informing and testing systems science utilising high-resolution data to determine whether it is possible to produce nutritious food sustainably. Thanks largely to the multidisciplinary knowledge at RRes, and its collaborators, its LCA Team has been at the forefront of methodological advances during a 6-year Institute Strategic Programme (ISP) 'Soil-to-Nutrition' (S2N). While S2N investigated the co-benefits and trade-offs of new mechanistic understanding of efficient nutrient use across scales from pot to landscape, this commentary specifically synthesizes progress in incorporating human nutrition in the context of environmental footprinting, known as 'nutritional LCA' (nLCA). We conclude our commentary with a brief discussion on future pathways of exploration and methodological developments covering various activities along entire agri-food supply-chains.
洛桑试验站（Rothamsted Research，简称RRes）是世界上最古老的农业研究中心，以开发出第一种合成肥料（过磷酸钙）以及开展跨越170多年的长期耕作试验（LTEs）而闻名。2015年，RRes招募了几名生命周期评估（LCA）专家，并开始采用该方法，利用涵盖牲畜（主要是反刍动物）、草地/草料生产力和质量以及在其北怀克农场平台（NWFP）和长期耕作试验中建立的耕地系统的高分辨率农艺数据。NWFP是英国的一个“国家生物科学研究基础设施”（NBRI），旨在利用高分辨率数据为系统科学提供信息并进行测试，以确定是否有可能可持续地生产营养丰富的食物。很大程度上得益于RRes及其合作者的多学科知识，其LCA团队在为期6年的研究所战略计划（ISP）“从土壤到营养”（S2N）期间一直处于方法学进步的前沿。虽然S2N研究了从盆栽到景观等不同尺度上高效养分利用的新机制理解的协同效益和权衡，但本评论特别总结了在环境足迹背景下纳入人类营养方面的进展，即“营养生命周期评估”（nLCA）。我们在评论结尾简要讨论了未来的探索途径和方法学发展，涵盖整个农业食品供应链中的各种活动。
