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The activity generating the emissions is market for green manure, organic, until January. The Reference Product is green manure, organic, until January. The product green manure, organic, until January represents the cultivation of green manure on an area of 1 ha until January. The dry matter yield is 2300 kg/ha. Green manure is not harvested but incorporated into the soil, its reference function is 1 ha cultivated land. Green manure is used as soil cover during winter to reduce soil erosion and nitrate leaching for spring-sown crops. An user employing this module should use 1 ha of green manure corresponding to the area required to produce 1 kg of product of spring-sown crop. The end date for green manure was chosen on the basis of the date of soil cultivation of the spring-sown crop in question. Users should employ the respective model of green manure depending on the date of soil cultivation for their crop. This product is produced through organic agricultural practices which do not include fertiliser and pesticide application. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/1120/documentation

PropertyValue
NameGreen manure - organic - until January (market for)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryArable Farming
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/ha
Scopes
XX,XX
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
xxx
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

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