Van Iperen developed a bio-stimulant to enhance the growth of specific crops. To understand the potential benefits of the stimulants and to put these in perspective of the production process, Hedgehog supported van Iperen with life cycle assessments.
The production and application of bio-stimulants are occurring within different system boundaries. And also, the performance of stimulants depend on many variables in a local environment. Hence, the LCA study resulted in many insights from several field trials that needed to be aggregated into understandable results.
Stimulating agriculture
Van Iperen used the insights of the LCA study to increase the environmental benefits the products potentially have to offer and to stimulate their progress to the market.