Can I assess GHG emissions for a whole farm?
The greenhouse gas
metric works on a per-product basis, whereas in contrast the biodiversity
metric is for whole-farm. A whole-farm assessment is a GHG emission inventory
considering all aspects that may influence the overall footprint of a
farm/business including arable land etc., while the current CFT does a product
carbon footprint. E.g. forest areas belonging to the farm may have an impact on
the company’s carbon footprint, but will not impact the product carbon
footprint itself (also GHG Protocol standards differentiate between company and
product footprints).
We recognise the potential
benefits that exist from taking a whole farm perspective, but these are not
readily modelled to allow simple user data entry. However, the Tool does
already account for cover crops used in rotation, as well as factors such as
land use change and trees on the land.
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