Oil Palm Farming Chain

This chapter presents an example of Multicriteria analysis (MCA) application and consequent life cycle assessment (LCA). The methodologies are applied to a case in which a number of possibilities must be evaluated for installing an oil palm plantation. The example is not based on a real case but on a hypothetical one in order to show a wider range of variables. The subsequent steps are presented and discussed throughout following some realistic assumptions and a framework is suggested to the reader in order to allow him to adapt it to specific cases and needs. MCA and LCA results are discussed and compared on a methodological point of view.