Why are seed emissions not covered in CFT?

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  Seeds and refrigerants are new sections in CFP and haven’t been there in CFT (except seeds for potato). They’re optional in the sense that the assessment will still calculate if you leave them blank, but the emissions from those sections won’t be ...

• Does the Cool Farm Tool consider fertiliser production emissions?

  Yes, the carbon footprints of Cool Farm Tool include fertiliser production emissions and considers different regions of production

• Which GHG Protocol scopes are covered by the Cool Farm Platform?

  The Cool Farm Platform does not calculate emissions according to a single GHG Protocol scope. Instead, it calculates greenhouse gas emissions associated with agricultural production at the farm level, using a cradle-to-farm-gate system boundary. How ...

• Why do I see emissions when I change from full till to reduced till?

  This is only applicable to dry soils in different climates. With the updated models of IPCC 2019, the expected change of carbon stocks due to changes in tillage practices to reduced till lead to some surprising results, depending on soil moisture ...