Plant products emission factors

Primary plant products: crops, fruit, vegetables, grains. From 6 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.

CategoryFood and agriculture

Factors

2,888

Libraries

With their own page

Units with a page

kg · JPY · EUR

Largest library

1,000 factors, 35%

What the 18 factor pages say

One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.

Cradle to consumerCradle to gate

Linear scale, from 0

From 0.443 (Broad bean, fresh, frozen, AGRIBALYSE) to 5.2 (Sesame seed, husked, AGRIBALYSE) kgCO₂e per kg.

Factor pageBoundarykgCO₂e / kg

Linear scale, from 0.0025

From 0.00364 (Vegetable and melon farming, Open CEDA) to 0.0124 (Grain farming, Open CEDA) kgCO₂e per JPY.

Factor pageBoundarykgCO₂e / JPY

Grain farming
Open CEDA · Bhutan · 2025
Cradle to gate0.0124
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production
Open CEDA · Iraq · 2025
Cradle to gate0.00962
Oilseed farming
Open CEDA · North Macedonia · 2025
Cradle to gate0.00788
Vegetable and melon farming
Open CEDA · Croatia · 2025
Cradle to gate0.00364

Linear scale, from 1.23

From 1.24 (Cereal grains nec, EXIOBASE) to 1.34 (Sugar cane, sugar beet, EXIOBASE) kgCO₂e per EUR.

Factor pageBoundarykgCO₂e / EUR

OpenIO-Canada puts Oilseeds (except canola) at 0.759 kgCO₂e/CAD (Cradle to gate, 2022), the only factor page in this unit.

Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.

6 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.

WRAP (1,000) and Open CEDA (894) hold 66% of them; the other 4 publish the rest (994).

Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.

Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.

Activity	Library	Region	Boundary	Value	Year
Amaranth, raw	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	0.949 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
Broad bean, fresh, frozen	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	0.443 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
Clementine, pulp, raw	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	1.3 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
French bean, frozen, cooked	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	1.04 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
Hazelnut, grilled, salted	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	5.01 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
New potato, raw	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	0.707 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
Potato, roasted/baked	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	0.852 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
Rice, brown, raw	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	2.01 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
Sesame seed, husked	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	5.2 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
Sweet corn, canned, drained	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	1.39 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
Wild rice, raw	AGRIBALYSE	France	Cradle to consumer	2.01 kgCO₂e/kg	2020
Cereal grains nec	EXIOBASE	Japan	Cradle to gate	1.24 kgCO₂e/EUR	2019
Sugar cane, sugar beet	EXIOBASE	Portugal	Cradle to gate	1.34 kgCO₂e/EUR	2019
Grain farming	Open CEDA	Bhutan	Cradle to gate	0.0124 kgCO₂e/JPY	2025
Greenhouse, nursery, and floriculture production	Open CEDA	Iraq	Cradle to gate	0.00962 kgCO₂e/JPY	2025
Oilseed farming	Open CEDA	North Macedonia	Cradle to gate	0.00788 kgCO₂e/JPY	2025
Vegetable and melon farming	Open CEDA	Croatia	Cradle to gate	0.00364 kgCO₂e/JPY	2025
Oilseeds (except canola)	OpenIO-Canada	New Brunswick	Cradle to gate	0.759 kgCO₂e/CAD	2022

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