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| Key Data Set Information | |
| Location | ZY-GS-CN |
| Geographical representativeness description | Gaotai County |
| Reference year | 2012 |
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| Use advice for data set | Users of this LCA data should ensure that the system boundary is correctly applied in their assessment, starting with the production of chemical fertilizers and electricity and terminating with the output of agricultural produce and pollutants during the planting process. It is important to consider both the agricultural input production system and the crop production system. The provided data should be used to evaluate the complete life cycle, from input production through crop harvest, for Gaotai County's corn production processes. Make sure to use additional local data where applicable to refine the assessment. This data is based on a stratified random sampling and should be used in accordance with similar methodological frameworks. |
| Technical purpose of product or process | The data represents corn production in the Gaotai County of the Zhangye region located in Northwest China. It specifically covers the planting phase of the corn, including the use of chemical fertilizers and electricity in the process. This detailed agricultural data set can be used in LCA studies to assess the environmental impacts of corn production in this area, including the carbon footprint and other environmental outputs such as waste generated during planting. |
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| General comment on data set | The article is based on research data collected from farmers and utilizes the theory of agricultural carbon footprint and life cycle assessment to quantitatively study the size and composition of the carbon footprint of the rice-wheat rotation system in the downstream area of the Yangtze River. Additionally, it further analyzes the factors that influence the carbon footprint. |
| Copyright | No |
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| Functional Unit | 1 t |
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| Data set valid until | 2012 |
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| Technology description including background system | LCA method is used to evaluate the agricultural system of seed corn production, which takes the whole process of product treatment from input to final output as the research object to conduct quantitative analysis and comparison, so as to evaluate the environmental impact of seed corn production [13]. In this paper, the mass of seed corn 1 t is used as the functional unit. The boundary of the system starts from the production of fertilizer and electricity, and ends from the output of agricultural products and pollutants in the crop planting process. In other words, there are two production systems, namely the agricultural material production system and the crop production system |
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