Emission Factor

Chopping - maize

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is chopping, maize. The Reference Product is chopping, maize. This is delivering the service of chopping, maize on an area of one hectare. It includes the use of diesel powered mobile infrastructure (tractors, machinery). Diesel combustion linearly affects direct emissions. Hence, a user can model the right amount of this service by using information on diesel consumption. For example: If within the users model diesel consumption is 30 kg/ha while in this service it is 15 kg/ha, the user can model with 2 ha of this service. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/2803/documentation

PropertyValue
NameChopping - maize
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryArable Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1991
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/ha
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
arable_farming-type_chopping_maize_chopping_maize
UUID
8090bd41-7438-4280-a205-adbbeea053b0
Code Snippet
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