The expected economic reductions cause an additional interest
for the sector and it is an additional argument to introduce
environmental criteria in the design of its products.
Furthermore, it is possible to obtain greater savings and environmental
improvements of products by changing other aspects
and other stages of the agri-food chain. Further
developing applicable measures in the eco-design of new
agri-food products in other areas should be considered, such
as: optimization of cultivation and agrarian product transformation,
selection of raw materials, study of suitability of
raw materials processing at point of origin or in the
manufacturing plant of final agri-food product, improvement
in the logistic systems of transport, designing the product so
that an optimal model of inverse logistic can be designed
and modifications focused on presentation and consumption
of the product (reduce impacts in these stages).