Organic rice production systems in Italy: a preliminary environmental assessmet=Risicoltura biologica in nord Italia: prime valutazioni ambientali

The study shows the preliminary results achieved concerning the environmental impact assessment of different rice organic production systems (ORPS), compared to the conventional one, using the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method. In more details, the outcomes concerning one of the identified ORPS were shown, highlighting worst performances of the organic system for some environmental impacts categories, while a considerably improvement for the category related to pesticide applications. However, for final findings, the analysis needs to be extended to the variety of identified ORPS.