In Spain, pork production is one of the main industries. The Spanish production sector produces almost 5 million tonnes of pork per year, exports more than 40% of all production and has a positive trade balance of around 4.5 billion euros.

The size of this production sector, and the geographical concentration of farms, means that the pig sector will have to address various environmental challenges in order to align itself with the “farm to table” strategy of the European Green Pact, ith the aim of making food systems fair, healthy and environmentally friendly..

The R&D&I project that we are developing with the Department of Animal and Food Science of the Autonomous University of Barcelona seeks to identify potential strategies to reduce the environmental impact of pig companies, while preserving their economic competitiveness. The focus of the study is to align the future competitiveness of the pig industry with the development of rural areas and the emerging need to address the environmental sustainability of livestock production.

The objectives of the project include providing environmental indicators using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology to be used in the decision phase to understand the integrated management of the pig sector and its value chain.

The generation of environmental indicators through the application of LCAs with national data on farm emissions according to different health statuses as well as different treatment technologies will be one of the main contributions of the inèdit metrics team to the project.

«La publicación es parte del proyecto REDUCE_π, financiado por MCIN/AEI 10.13039/501100011033 y por la Unión Europea “NextGenerationEU”/PRTR»