02668naa a2200265 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902200140006002400350007410000160010924501750012526000090030050007290030952010230103865300320206165300170209365300180211065300340212865300230216265300260218565300370221170000130224870000170226177301240227810650492025-02-11       2025    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d  a2352-55097 a10.1016/j.spc.2025.01.0072DOI1 aCABOT, M.I.  aPeeling the orangebDelving into life cycle indicators for water footprint, ecosystem services, and biodiversity for orange cultivation in Uruguay.h[electronic resource]  c2025  aArticle history: Received 5 July 2024, Received in revised form 8 January 2025, Accepted 14 January 2025, Available online 17 January 2025. -- Editor: Dr. Cecile Ch'eron-Bessou. -- Corresponding author: Cabot, M.I.; Food UPV, Departament de Tecnologia d'Aliments, Edifici 3F, Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera s/n, València, Spain; email:mariainescabot@gmail.com -- Funding: Maria Inés Cabot is the recipient of a PhD scholarship (POS_EXT_2018_1_154319) from the National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII, Uruguay) and received a support scholarship for the completion of postgraduate studies (BFPD_2023_1#46477920) from the Postgraduate Academic Commission (CAP, University of the Republic). --  aABSTRACT.- The relevance of certain environmental impacts on agricultural processes, such as water use and degradation, biodiversity loss, and effects on ecosystem services, is widely recognized by the Sustainable Development Goals. However, agricultural Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs), among others, those on citrus fruits, often neglect or only partially address these impacts. This study seeks to fill this gap by evaluating these newly developed impact categories using orange cultivation in Uruguay as a case study. Updated and regionalized methods based on both midpoint and endpoint indicators are applied in a comprehensive cradle-to-farm gate analysis using mass and area functional units. The assessment specifically evaluates the effects of water consumption and degradation, land occupation on ecosystem services across five distinct potentials, as well as the impacts on biodiversity of both land use and those associated with resource use and pollutant emissions. © 2025 Institution of Chemical Engineers  aAgricultural sustainability  aBiodiversity  aCitrus fruits  aComprehensive water footprint  aEcosystem services  aLife Cycle Assessment  aSISTEMA VEGETAL INTENSIVO - INIA1 aLADO, J.1 aSANJUÁN, N.  tSustainable Production and Consumption, March 2025, Volume 54, Pages 261-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2025.01.007