Almond production

Categories:
Categories:
Unit processes/Materials production/Food and renewable raw materials
Location:
UM
Reference year: 2015 - 2016
Description

Prepare seedlings for almond production, cultivate and fertilize them manually or mechanically, add fertilizers, pesticides, water, and other substances, and finally harvest almond fruits and their by-products. When utilizing this data for Life Cycle Assessment, take into account that it corresponds to the inputs and outputs from the 7th to 25th year of almond seedling growth, and is recorded as such in a 'black box' unit process. This data should not be used to represent early-stage growth or post-harvest processing. Consideration should be given to system boundaries and the inclusion/exclusion of environmental impacts from the use of fertilizers, pesticides, and water. The data set is region-specific to California, USA, and should be adapted when applied to almond production in other regions.

Process type
Unit
LCI modeling approach
Unknown
Multifunctional modeling
NONE
Format
ILCD
Aggregation type
HORIZONTAL
Data provider
TianGong
Review status
Internal
Cost
Free
Contact
Tiangong LCI Data Working Group