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title: "AGEC-LCI tutorial"
author: "Ivan Viveros Santos"
date: "April 2020"
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description: "This is a tutorial for AGEC-LCI"
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# Preface {-}

#### AGEC-LCI: AGricultural Emissions Calculator for life cycle inventory {-}

AGEC-LCI is a VBA tool that generates inventory reports of direct field emissions resulting from the application of soil amendments, fertilizers and metal-based fungicides in agriculture. This tool aims to facilitate the modelling of the foreground process of agricultural systems and to avoid the potential inconsistent linking between life cycle inventory (LCI) and life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) phases.


#### About the authors and contributors {-}



|Authors | Affiliation | 
|-----------|-------------|
|[Ivan Viveros Santos](https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ivan-viveros-santos){target="_blank"}|[CIRAIG](http://ciraig.org){target="_blank"}, [Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal](https://www.polymtl.ca/gch/){target="_blank"}|
|[Philippe Roux](http://www.elsa-lca.org/?p=137&lang=en){target="_blank"}|ITAP, Irstea, Montpellier SupAgro, [Elsa Research Group](http://www.elsa-lca.org/?lang=en){target="_blank"}, [Chaire ELSA-PACT](https://www6.inrae.fr/elsa-pact/){target="_blank"}, Univ Montpellier|
|[Carole Sinfort](http://www.elsa-lca.org/?tag=carole-sinfort&lang=en){target="_blank"}|ELSA Research Group, ITAP, SupAgro, Irstea, Univ Montpellier| 
|[Annie Levasseur](https://www.etsmtl.ca/en/research/professors/alevasseur/){target="_blank"}|Department of Construction Engineering, École de Technologie Supérieure|
|[Cécile Bulle](https://professeurs.uqam.ca/professeur/bulle.cecile/){target="_blank"}|[CIRAIG](http://ciraig.org){target="_blank"}, ESG UQAM, Strategy, Corporate & Social Responsibility Department|
|[Louise Deschênes](https://www.polymtl.ca/expertises/deschenes-louise){target="_blank"}| [CIRAIG](http://ciraig.org){target="_blank"}, Chemical Engineering Department, Polytechnique Montréal|

Corresponding author: ivan.viveros-santos@polymtl.ca

Do not hesitate to contact Ivan if you need help on adding regions, crops or other agricultural inputs unavailable in the tool's database.
 

#### Download the AGEC-LCI tool {-}

```{r,echo=FALSE}
knitr::include_graphics("Figures/download_icon.png")
```

Please follow this [link to download the AGEC-LCI tool](https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1W6N6YtFOAcYjaoyWdH7yVH0TG9iWFRZL&export=download){target="_blank"}.

#### Participation at SETAC Europe SciCon virtual meeting {-}

This work will be presented at the [SETAC Europe 30^th^ Annual Meeting *"Open Science for Enhanced Global Environmental Protection"*](https://dublin.setac.org/){target="_blank"} according to the following details:

**Track:** 5. Life Cycle Assessment and Foot-Printing

**Session:** Quantifying life cycle emissions and environmental impacts of agricultural practices related to pesticides and fertilisers

**Presentation Title:** AGEC-LCI: an open access tool for calculating emissions from fertilizers and metal-based fungicides applications

**Presentation Type:** Platform

#### Acknowledgements {-}

This work was supported by [Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada](https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/index_eng.asp){target="_blank"} grant number [RDCPJ 451916-13] in collaboration with Hydro-Québec and the Société des Alcools du Québec.

#### Tool's information {-}

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