Gerhard Brankatschk provides solutions for methodological limitations of agricultural Life
Cycle Assessments (LCAs). The author solves challenges of attributing multifunctionality
(co-products) and temporal system boundaries (crop rotations) of agricultural systems by
establishing two new Life Cycle Inventory methodologies which conform to ISO-standards on LCA.
The new methods help to assess temporal spatial and multifunctional complexity of
agricultural systems and to improve the reliability of life cycle based sustainability
assessments of agriculture.
