This report has undertaken a preliminary carbon footprint analysis for the Australian vegetable industry based on readily available data. It discusses the data needs for developing a carbon footprint analysis and discusses the current availability of suitable data. It has been written as part of a series of six discussion papers for a workshop that [...]
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What carbon footprinting tools are currently available?
This paper reviews four models which might be adapted for greenhouse gas accounting within the vegetable industry, namely: the Grains Greenhouse Calculator (DPI Victoria), CarboNZero (New Zealand Crown Research Institute), FullCAM (Australian Department of Environment and Heritage) and APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit). The selection of these tools was based on the scope and scale of emission accounting; [...]
Read MoreHow will carbon footprinting address the issues of reduction, mitigation, emissions trading and marketing?
This discussion paper discusses how carbon footprinting will address the issues of reduction, mitigation, emissions trading and marketing for the Australia vegetable industry. Click here for the full article
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