Life Cycle Assessment of Mediterranean Hay Production Across Three Climatic Seasons

Three contrasting seasons (2021–2022, 2023–2024, 2024–2025) of environmental impact data for mixed hay production from a farm in Cammarata, Italy. The dataset applies LCA methodology using two functional units and two impact assessment methods (CML-IA and ReCiPe). Primary data were collected through field surveys by Simona Prestigiacomo, with secondary data sourced from the Ecoinvent database.

Use Cases

• Compare environmental impacts per ton versus per hectare based on the two functional units described.
• Analyze the influence of interannual rainfall variability on impact categories like global warming potential.
• Identify dominant contributors to impacts such as acidification and eutrophication based on fuel and fertilizer inputs.
• Assess endpoint impacts on human health using the ReCiPe method mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Covers three distinct seasons (2021–2025) with substantial climatic differences.
• Uses two established life cycle impact assessment methods (CML-IA baseline and ReCiPe 2016) for robustness.
• Includes primary data from field surveys and secondary data from the Ecoinvent database.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is specific to a single farm case study in Cammarata, Italy.

Provenance

Source

Simona Prestigiacomo via figshare

Collection Method

Primary data collected through field surveys; secondary data sourced from Ecoinvent database.

Time Range

Seasons 2021–2022, 2023–2024, and 2024–2025

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-25 05:30:56; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Farm located in Cammarata, Agrigento, Italy