Green manure - swiss integrated production - until april (green manure growing - Swiss integrated production - until April)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'green manure Swiss integrated production until April' represents the cultivation of green manure on an area of 1 ha until April. 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. Swiss integrated production refers to agriculture meeting the ecological requirements (ökologischer Leistungsnachweis ÖLN) defined by the Swiss regulation on direct payments to agriculture (Direktzahlungsverordnung). The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.