Organic fertilizers spreading - animal manure, plant matter, compost, sewage treatment plant sludge...

Name: Organic fertilizers spreading - animal manure, plant matter, compost, sewage treatment plant sludge...
Creator: ADEME Base Carbone
License: https://base-empreinte.ademe.fr/aide/faq

Mainland France, excluding Corsica · Process emissions · Any year

Each kilogram of nitrogen counts as 6.01 kg CO₂e. ADEME gives one figure, for use in any year.

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Value for any year

6.01kgCO₂e/kg N

GWP100 · IPCC AR6

One value, valid until 31 December 2018

ADEME sets this validity and gives no value for another period, so there is no year to pick.

Reference year 2015

Region: Mainland France, excluding Corsica
Boundary: Process emissions
Data quality: Very lowRecords in any other unit need a line-by-line check
Licence: Open · ADEME terms

Where 6.01 comes from

Published as one number

ADEME prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up.

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

Scope 1 6.01

Gas that escapes from equipment you run is a direct emission, so it is your Scope 1.

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Direct emissions › Agricultural process emissions · Mainland France, excluding Corsica · per kg N · Average

Category: Direct emissions › Agricultural process emissions; Browse it to compare every publisher's factors
Activity: Organic fertilizers spreading - animal manure, plant matter, compost, sewage treatment plant sludge...; ADEME: Epandage d'engrais organiques
Region: Mainland France, excluding Corsica; ADEME: France continentale
Per unit: kg N; Published as kgCO2e/kg of spreaded nitrgen; no conversion needed
Data type: Average; No supplier named
Classified as: Base Carbone catégorieProcess et émissions fugitives › Agriculture › Sols agricoles

Process emissions · Excl. biogenic CO₂ · AR6

Boundary: Process emissions
GWP method: IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon; Not on the record; set from ADEME's method notes
CO₂e basis: Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories; Split by gas
Life cycle: Upstream: not coveredProduction: partly coveredDownstream: not coveredEnd of life: not covered

Very low quality · Open licence · Any year

Data quality: Very low; Records in any other unit need a line-by-line check
Applies to: Any year; Reference year 2015 · ADEME states it valid until 31 December 2018
Origin: Printed by ADEME; Record 24271
Licence: Open · ADEME's terms of use; Free to reuse, with attribution

What this number covers

What ADEME counts in the figure for 1 kg N, phase by phase.

Your record
1 kg N in your records. The factor is per kg N.
= 6.01

Outside this boundary

Power the unit uses
Fugitive releases

ADEME does not count any of this in the figure for 1 kg N.

Gases

Basis: Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories

Nitrous oxide (N₂O)6.01

Also printed, as zero: fossil CO₂, methane (CH₄), biogenic methane (CH₄), other gases and biogenic CO₂.

Each gas is converted to CO₂e with AR6 100-year warming potentials; biogenic CO₂ and land-use carbon are left out, while methane from biogenic sources is counted.

From ADEME's record to a comparable factor

ADEME publishes this factor as one French record. Here is each field as printed and what open-climate.ai made of it.

ADEME fields and their standardised form
ADEME field	As printed		Served as
Record id	24271	→	Source record 24271, linked below
Name and location	Epandage d'engrais organiques · France continentale	→	Organic fertilizers spreading - animal manure, plant matter, compost, sewage treatment plant sludge... · Mainland France, excluding Corsica
Category	Process et émissions fugitives > Agriculture > Sols agricoles	→	Direct emissions › Agricultural process emissions
Total	6,01	→	6.01 kgCO₂e/kg N, process emissions
Unit	kgCO2e/kg of spreaded nitrgen	→	per kg N
GWP	not on the record	→	AR6, GWP100, from ADEME's method notes
Status	Valide générique	→	Served; data quality very low
Publication date	18/06/2026	→	Published 18 June 2026; applies to any year; valid until 31 December 2018

Checks this factor passed

French decimals such as 6,01 read as numbers.
Unit, region, boundary and method mapped to fixed code lists.

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About this factor

ADEME gives no description for this factor. Filed under Process et émissions fugitives › Agriculture › Sols agricoles.

Source and licence

Publisher: ADEME
Library: Base Carbone v23.11
Record: 24271
Published: 18 June 2026
Valid until: 31 December 2018
Status: Valide générique

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