Agriculture

Crop cultivation, livestock farming, fishing, aquaculture and forestry operations. High exposure to methane, nitrous oxide, and land-use change emissions.

SICS Industries

AFFAgriculture, farming and fishing

Crop production, animal husbandry, fishing and aquaculture

AFOForestry

Silviculture, logging, and forest management

Scope Emission Diagram

Click any node to view its emission profile. Scope 3 Upstream sources on the left feed into Scope 1 & 2 direct/indirect emissions at center, which flow to Scope 3 Downstream on the right.

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Scope 3 Upstream
Scope 1 & 2
Scope 3 Downstream

Dual Framework Coverage

GHG Protocol Scope 3

Upstream (Cat 1–8)

Cat 1
Purchased Goods & Services(high)
Cat 2
Capital Goods(medium)
Cat 3
Fuel & Energy-Related Activities(medium)
Cat 4
Upstream Transportation(medium)
Cat 5
Waste Generated in Operations(low)

Downstream (Cat 9–15)

Cat 9
Downstream Transportation(high)
Cat 10
Processing of Sold Products(high)
Cat 11
Use of Sold Products(medium)
Cat 12
End-of-Life Treatment(medium)

Carbon Measures / PACT PCF

pcfExcludingBiogenicfull

Fossil-origin emissions from fertilizer production, machinery, energy

pcfIncludingBiogenicfull

Includes biogenic CH4 from livestock, rice paddies, and land-use change CO2

primaryDataSharepartial

Primary data typically available for on-farm Scope 1; modeled for upstream inputs

dqrfull

Data Quality Rating applied per PACT methodology across all 5 DQI dimensions

landUseChangeEmissionsfull

Separately disclosed per PACT v3.0 for agricultural products

Full Partial N/A

Direct & Indirect Emission Sources

Scope 1Direct Emissions

Enteric Fermentationhigh

Methane (CH4) from ruminant livestock digestion — cattle, sheep, goats

2.8 t CO2e / head / year (dairy cattle)

Manure Managementhigh

CH4 and N2O from manure storage, treatment, and land application

0.5 t CO2e / head / year

Agricultural Soilshigh

N2O from synthetic and organic fertilizer application, crop residues, and soil management

1.5 kg N2O-N / ha / year

Farm Machinerymedium

Diesel combustion from tractors, harvesters, irrigation pumps, and other mobile equipment

250 L diesel / ha / year (arable)

Rice Cultivationmedium

CH4 from anaerobic decomposition in flooded rice paddies

1.3 t CO2e / ha / season

Land Use Changehigh

CO2 from deforestation, peatland drainage, and conversion of grassland to cropland

Variable — up to 600 t CO2/ha for tropical forest

Scope 2Indirect Energy

Irrigation Electricitymedium

Grid electricity for pumping and irrigation systems

150–400 kWh / ha / year

Processing Facilitiesmedium

Electricity for on-farm processing — grain drying, milk cooling, greenhouses

200–800 kWh / t product

Reference Implementation

The Agriculture reference implementation lives in the Open Footprint repository under the following directories:

openfootprint/industry/agriculture/
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