Table 7 Criteria for evaluating the performance of household storage and processing pathways.

From: Nutritional-environmental trade-offs in potato storage and processing for a sustainable healthy diet

S/N

Criteria

Description

Objective

 

Environment

1

Human health damage

This indicator measures the environmental damage of the modeled product system on the human health

Minimize

2

Resource depletion

This indicator measures USD 2013 loss of resources in a region due to industrial activity

Minimize

3

Ecosystem damage

This indicator measures the level of damage compared to unaffected ecosystems

Minimize

 

Nutrition

4

Mineral gain/loss

This indicator measures the mineral loss or gains rate due to the different storage and processing strategies

Maximize/Minimize

5

Calories

This refers to the total amount of energy provided by the processed potato at consumption

Maximized